Massachusetts H1816 amends health care proxy storage and activation procedures.
Massachusetts H1816 modifies how health care proxies are stored and activated. It mandates that health care proxies be kept electronically or through photographic processes. It also requires attending physicians to electronically insert the proxy into the patient's medical record and to inform the health care agent of their authority. Facilities must transport the proxy similarly to a do not resuscitate order and notify the health care agent of the principal's authority.
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