Massachusetts § 4 Contents of proxy

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§ 4 — Contents of proxy

Massachusetts § 4

Part IIREAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Title IIDESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION, WILLS, ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS AND ABSENTEES, GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP AND TRUSTS

Ch. 201DHEALTH CARE PROXIES

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 201D, § 4 (2026).

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Section 4. The health care proxy shall:

(i)identify the principal and the health care agent;

(ii)indicate that the principal intends the agent to have authority to make health care decisions on the principal's behalf;

(iii)describe the limitation, if any, that the principal intends to impose upon the agent's authority; and(iv) indicate that the agent's authority shall become effective if it is determined pursuant to section six that the principal lacks capacity to make health care decisions.

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Section 4. The health care proxy shall:(i) identify the principal and the health care agent;(ii) indicate that the principal intends the agent to have authority to make health care decisions on the principal's behalf;(iii) describe the limitation, if any, that the principal intends to impose upon the agent's authority; and(iv) indicate that the agent's authority shall become effective if it is determined pursuant to section six that the principal lacks capacity to make health care decisions.

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