§ 32A-29 – Definitions.
32A-29. Definitions. As used in this Article, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the term: (1) "Agent" means the person authorized pursuant to this Article to consent to and authorize health care for a minor child. (2) "Authorization to consent to health care for minor" means a written instrument, signed by the custodial parent and […]
§ 32A-30 – Who may make an authorization to consent to health care for minor.
32A-30. Who may make an authorization to consent to health care for minor. Any custodial parent having understanding and capacity to make and communicate health care decisions who is 18 years of age or older or who is emancipated may make an authorization to consent to health care for the parent’s minor child. (1993, c. […]
§ 32A-31 – Extent and limitations of authority.
32A-31. Extent and limitations of authority. (a) A custodial parent of a minor child, pursuant to an authorization to consent to health care for minor, may grant an agent full power and authority to consent to and authorize health care for the minor child to the same extent that a custodial parent could give such […]
§ 32A-17 – Who may make a health care power of attorney.
32A-17. Who may make a health care power of attorney. Any person having understanding and capacity to make and communicate health care decisions, who is 18 years of age or older, may make a health care power of attorney. (1991, c. 639, s. 1.)
§ 32A-18 – Who may act as a health care attorney-in-fact.
32A-18. Who may act as a health care attorney-in-fact. Any competent person who is not engaged in providing health care to the principal for remuneration, and who is 18 years of age or older, may act as a health care agent. (1991, c. 639, s. 1.)
§ 32A-19 – Extent of authority; limitations of authority.
32A-19. Extent of authority; limitations of authority. (a) A principal, pursuant to a health care power of attorney, may grant to the health care agent full power and authority to make health care decisions to the same extent that the principal could make those decisions for himself or herself if he or she had capacity […]
§ 32A-20 – Effectiveness and duration; revocation.
32A-20. Effectiveness and duration; revocation. (a) A health care power of attorney shall become effective when and if the physician or physicians or, in the case of mental health treatment, physician or eligible psychologist as defined in G.S. 122C-3(13d), designated by the principal determine in writing that the principal lacks sufficient understanding or capacity to […]
§ 32A-21 – Appointment, resignation, removal, and substitution.
32A-21. Appointment, resignation, removal, and substitution. (a) A health care power of attorney may contain provisions relating to the appointment, resignation, removal and substitution of the health care agent. (b) If all health care agents named in the instrument or substituted, die or for any reason fail or refuse to act, and all methods of […]
§ 32A-15 – General purpose of this Article.
32A-15. General purpose of this Article. (a) The General Assembly recognizes as a matter of public policy the fundamental right of an individual to control the decisions relating to his or her medical care, and that this right may be exercised on behalf of the individual by an agent chosen by the individual. (b) The […]
§ 32A-16 – Definitions.
32A-16. Definitions. The following definitions apply in this Article: (1) Disposition of remains. – The decision to bury or cremate human remains, as human remains are defined in G.S. 90-210.121, and, subject to G.S. 32A-19(b), arrangements relating to burial or cremation. (1a) Health care. – Any care, treatment, service, or procedure to maintain, diagnose, treat, […]