TITLE X
PUBLIC HEALTH

CHAPTER 137-J
WRITTEN DIRECTIVES FOR MEDICAL DECISION MAKING FOR ADULTS WITHOUT CAPACITY TO MAKE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS

Advance Directives

Section 137-J:8

    137-J:8 Restrictions on Who May Act as Agent or Surrogate. –
A person may not exercise the authority of an agent or a surrogate while serving in one of the following capacities:
I. The principal's attending practitioner or a person acting under the direct authority of the attending practitioner.
II. A nonrelative of the principal who is an employee of the principal's health care provider or residential care provider.

Source. 2006, 302:2. 2014, 239:8, eff. Jan. 1, 2015. 2021, 176:2, eff. July 30, 2021.