Massachusetts S1089 amends health care proxy laws to restrict certain individuals from being named as health care agents.
Massachusetts S1089 amends Chapter 201D of the General Laws to restrict individuals from being named as health care agents under certain conditions. Specifically, it prohibits those under investigation or convicted for offenses resulting in serious bodily injury to an incapacitated principal, or those responsible for the principal's incapacity, from serving as health care agents. The commissioner of the department of public health, the board of registration in medicine, and the board of registration in nursing are tasked with adopting regulations to implement these changes.
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