District of Columbia § 21-2209 Health-care provider limitation.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 21-2209 — Health-care provider limitation.

District of Columbia § 21-2209

Title 21Fiduciary Relations and Persons with Mental Illness. [Enacted title]

Ch. 22Health-Care Decisions.

Subch. IDurable Power of Attorney

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Bluebook

D.C. Code § 21-2209 (2026).

Text

(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 subchapter. The health care provider may not be named as the attorney in fact.

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(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 subchapter. The health care provider may not be named as the attorney in fact.

Legislative History

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; Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-72, § 2(c)(5), 63 DCR 208