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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 201D, § 4

Contents of proxy

The health care proxy shall:

(i) identify the principal and the health care agent;

(ii) indicate that the principal intends the agent to have authority to make health care decisions on the principal's behalf;

(iii) describe the limitation, if any, that the principal intends to impose upon the agent's authority; and

(iv) indicate that the agent's authority shall become effective if it is determined pursuant to section six that the principal lacks capacity to make health care decisions.

Official source: Massachusetts Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Massachusetts statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.