A durable power of attorney for health care decisions is a power of attorney by which a principal designates another as the principal's agent in writing and the writing contains the words "this power of attorney for health care decisions shall not be affected by subsequent disability or incapacity of the principal" or "this power of attorney for health care decisions shall become effective upon the disability or incapacity of the principal," or similar words showing the intent of the principal that the authority conferred shall be exercisable notwithstanding the principal's subsequent disability or incapacity.
K.S.A. 58-625
Meaning of durable power of attorney for healthcare decisions
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Cruzan Ex Rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health (1990)
Most recently applied in Cruzan Ex Rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health (June 1990)
L. 1989, ch. 181, § 1; July 1.
Official source: Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Kansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.