§ 21-2209. Health-care provider limitation.

Current through October 23, 2012

(a) No health-care provider may require an individual to execute a durable power of attorney for health care as a condition for the provision of health-care services or admission to a health-care facility, as defined in § 44- 501.

(b) After an individual has spent at least 48 hours in a health care facility, a health care provider may request the individual to execute a durable power of attorney for health care subject to the limitations set forth in this chapter. The health care provider may not be named as the attorney in fact.

                
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(Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-189, § 10, 35 DCR 8653; Feb. 5, 1994, D.C. Law 10-68, § 23(j), 40 DCR 6311.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 21-2209.

Legislative History of Laws

For legislative history of D.C. Law 7-189, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 21-2201.

For legislative history of D.C. Law 10-68, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 21-2201.