District of Columbia § 21-2221.10 Relationship with other legal documents.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 21-2221.10 — Relationship with other legal documents.

District of Columbia § 21-2221.10

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

Ch. 22Health-Care Decisions.

Subch. IIMOST Form.

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D.C. Code § 21-2221.10 (2026).

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If a patient has a durable power of attorney for health care under subchapter I [of the chapter], or a comparable statute in any other jurisdiction, or another legal document with a substantially equivalent purpose to a durable power of attorney or a MOST Form, the most recent document to have been executed shall govern if any conflict exists between the directives in that legal document and the directives in the patient's MOST Form.

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If a patient has a durable power of attorney for health care under subchapter I [of the chapter], or a comparable statute in any other jurisdiction, or another legal document with a substantially equivalent purpose to a durable power of attorney or a MOST Form, the most recent document to have been executed shall govern if any conflict exists between the directives in that legal document and the directives in the patient's MOST Form.