Nevada Revised Statutes Sections 162A.700 to 162A.860: Durable Power of Attorney For Health Care Decisions The following table details the main parts of the durable power of attorney for healthcare laws in Nevada. These legal documents are often created as part of an advance health care directive with a living will that informs your health care providers of your wishes regarding life support, such as if you’re in a coma or become terminally ill. This article is about creating the healthcare power of attorney.Ī power of attorney for health care allows your designated “agent” or “ attorney-in-fact” to make decisions about your medical care for you when you’re not able to make those decisions yourself, according to your doctor(s). You can create two different types of power of attorneys, a general or financial durable power of attorney and a health care decision-making one.
A durable power of attorney is a legal document that allows another person to act on your behalf. Hopefully, incapacity and the need for others to care for us won't occur, but if it does, it’s better to be prepared than not. Death will eventually happen to all of us.
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