Delaware § 2510 Relationship of advance mental health-care directive and other advance health-care directive

Delaware Statutes

§ 2510 — Relationship of advance mental health-care directive and other advance health-care directive

Delaware·Title 16·Part Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health·Ch. 25 Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act

(a)If a direction in an advance mental health-care directive of an individual conflicts with a direction in another advance health-care directive of the individual, the later direction revokes the earlier direction to the extent of the conflict.

(b)An appointment of an agent to make decisions only for mental health care for an individual does not revoke an earlier appointment of an agent to make other health-care decisions for the individual. A later appointment revokes the authority of an agent under the earlier appointment to make decisions about mental health care unless otherwise specified in the power of attorney making the later appointment.

(c)An appointment of an agent to make health-care decisions for an individual other than decisions about mental health care made after appo

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(a) If a direction in an advance mental health-care directive of an individual conflicts with a direction in another advance health-care directive of the individual, the later direction revokes the earlier direction to the extent of the conflict.

(b) An appointment of an agent to make decisions only for mental health care for an individual does not revoke an earlier appointment of an agent to make other health-care decisions for the individual. A later appointment revokes the authority of an agent under the earlier appointment to make decisions about mental health care unless otherwise specified in the power of attorney making the later appointment.

(c) An appointment of an agent to make health-care decisions for an individual other than decisions about mental health care made after appointment of an agent authorized to make only mental health-care decisions does not revoke the appointment of the agent authorized to make only mental health-care decisions.

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