Health Care Proxy - Criteria For Being An Agent

Criteria For Being An Agent

Some jurisdictions place limitations on the persons who can act as agents. (Some forbid the appointment of treating physicians as the health care proxy.) In any event the agent should be someone close to and trusted by the primary individual.

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