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.