Massachusetts CHAPTER 201D. — HEALTH CARE PROXIES.
- Section 1. Definitions.
- Section 2. Appointment of health care agents; health care proxies; alternate agents.
- Section 3. Operators — administrators or employees of facilities;limitations on appointments.
- Section 4. Duties of health care proxy.
- Section 5. Health care decisions; agents's right to medical information;priority of agent's decisions.
- Section 6. Determination that principal lacks capacity to make or tocommunicate health care decisions; notice; objections toagent's decision; determination of regained capacity.
- Section 7. Revocation of health care proxy; notification.
- Section 8. Health care providers and agents; criminal or civil liability;good faith.
- Section 9. Cost of health care provided pursuant to agent's decision; liability.
- Section 10. Proxy execution or prohibition as condition for health careservices or insurance.
- Section 11. Enforceability of health care proxies executed in another state.
- Section 12. Suicide or mercy killing not authorized.
- Section 13. Pain alleviation not precluded.
- Section 14. Requested actions contrary to moral orreligious beliefs of physicians or health care providers.
- Section 15. Requested actions contrary to formallyadopted policies of private facilities.
- Section 16. Effect of failure to execute proxies; power of attorney.
- Section 17. Court proceedings to settle health care proxy disputes.