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other forms of health care to keep me alive, except as I state | here: |
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| | (3) WHEN AGENT'S AUTHORITY BECOMES EFFECTIVE: My agent's | authority becomes effective when my primary physician determines | that I am unable to make my own health-care decisions unless I | mark the following box. If I mark this box [ ], my agent's | authority to make health-care decisions for me takes effect | immediately. |
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| | (4) AGENT'S OBLIGATION: My agent shall make health-care | decisions for me in accordance with this power of attorney for | health care, any instructions I give in Part 2 of this form and | my other wishes to the extent known to my agent. To the extent | my wishes are unknown, my agent shall make health-care decisions | for me in accordance with what my agent determines to be in my | best interest. In determining my best interest, my agent shall | consider my personal values to the extent known to my agent. |
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| | (5) NOMINATION OF GUARDIAN: If a guardian of my person needs | to be appointed for me by a court, I nominate the agent | designated in this form. If that agent is not willing, able or | reasonably available to act as guardian, I nominate the alternate | agents whom I have named, in the order designated. |
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| | (6)__HEALTH INFORMATION AND OTHER MEDICAL RECORDS:__In | addition to the other powers granted by this document, I grant to | my agent the power and authority to serve as my personal | representative for all purposes of the federal Health Insurance | Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, 42 United States | Code, Section 1320d et seq., "HIPAA," and its regulations, 45 | Code of Federal Regulations, Section 160-164 (2004), during any | time that my agent is exercising authority under this document.__ | I intend for my agent to be treated as I would be with respect to | my rights regarding the use and disclosure of my individually | identifiable health information and other medical records.__This | release authority applies to any information governed by HIPAA. |
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| I authorize any physician, health-care professional, dentist, | health plan, hospital, clinic, laboratory, pharmacy or other | covered health-care provider, any insurance company and any | health-care clearinghouse that has provided treatment or services | to me or that has paid for, or is seeking reimbursement from me | for, such services to give, disclose and release to my agent, | without restriction, all of my individually identifiable health | information and medical records regarding any past, present or |
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