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  1.  
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  5. "Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions 
  6. "
  7. "
  8. "To my family, relatives, my friends, my physicians, health care
  9. "providers, community care facilities, and any other person who may
  10. "have an interest or duty:
  11. "
  12. "I, \a, residing in the City/County/Borough/Parish of \b, in the
  13. "State/Commonwealth of \c, being of sound mind, freely, willfully, and
  14. "voluntarily hereby appoint \d, residing in the City/County/Borough/Parish
  15. "of \e, in the State/Commonwealth of \f, as my attorney-in-fact/proxy to
  16. "make health care decisions in my stead and behalf.
  17. "
  18. "In the event that \d is unable or unwilling to serve as my attorney-
  19. "in-fact for the purpose of making health care decisions for me, I
  20. "designate \g, residing in the City/County/Borough/Parish of \h, in the
  21. "State/Commonwealth of \i, to serve as my attorney-in-fact.
  22. "
  23. "At any time that I should for any reason be unable to make such
  24. "decisions for myself, I hereby authorize my attorney-in-fact to make
  25. "any decisions I otherwise could make involving consent, refusal of
  26. "consent, or withdrawal of consent to any care, treatment, service, or
  27. "procedure to maintain, diagnose, or treat me for any physical or
  28. "mental condition whatever.
  29. "
  30. "This appointment shall have no legal force or effect if I revoke it by
  31. "giving notice of such revocation either orally or in writing.
  32. "
  33. "This document revokes any prior Durable Power of Attorney for Health
  34. "Care.
  35. "
  36. "STATEMENT OF DEMANDS
  37. "
  38. "1. If I am in a coma, which my doctors have reasonably concluded is
  39. "irreversible, I demand that life-sustaining or prolonging treatments
  40. "or procedures NOT be used.
  41. "
  42. "2. If I have an incurable or terminal condition or illness and no
  43. "reasonable hope of long term recovery or survival, I demand that life
  44. "sustaining or prolonging treatments NOT be used.
  45. "
  46. "3. If deciding any questions under this document, my attorney-in-fact
  47. "is to consider the relief of suffering and the quality as well the
  48. "possible extension of my life.
  49. "
  50. "Signed on this {CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@} day of {CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}, {CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}.
  51. "
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  53. "
  54. "{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}
  55. "(\a)
  56. "
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  58. "
  59. "STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF {CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}
  60. "COUNTY/BOROUGH/PARISH OF {CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}
  61. "
  62. "BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared
  63. "{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@} [name(s)], known to me
  64. "to be the person(s) whose name(s) is(are) subscribed to the foregoing
  65. "instrument, and acknowledged to me that he(she)(they) executed said
  66. "instrument for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
  67. "
  68. "GIVEN under my hand and seal of office on this {CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@} day of
  69. "{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}, {CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}.
  70. "
  71. "
  72. "
  73. "{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}
  74. "Notary Public's Signature
  75. "
  76. "(seal/stamp)
  77. "                                        
  78. "Under penalty of perjury under the laws of \j, I hereby declare that
  79. "the principal who signed or acknowledged this Durable Power of
  80. "Attorney for Health Care Decisions in my presence is known to me
  81. "personally; that he/she appears to be of sound mind and to be under no
  82. "duress, fraud, or undue influence; that I am not the person designated
  83. "as attorney-in-fact by this document; that I am not a health care
  84. "provider, an employee of a health care provider, the operator of a
  85. "community care facility, nor an employee of a community care facility.
  86. "I am not related to the principal by blood, marriage, or adoption; and
  87. "to the best of my knowledge, I am not entitled to any part of the
  88. "estate of the principal upon his/her death either under a will now
  89. "existing, by a revocable living trust now existing, nor by operation
  90. "of law.
  91. "
  92. "
  93. "
  94. "{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}
  95. "Witness
  96. "
  97. "
  98. "
  99. "{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}
  100. "Witness
  101. "
  102. "
  103. "
  104. "Sworn to and subscribed before me on this {CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@} day of
  105. "{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}, {CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}.
  106. "
  107. "
  108. "
  109. "{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}{CBM-@}
  110. "
  111. "Notary Public's Signature
  112. "
  113. "(seal/stamp)
  114. "
  115. "
  116.