Power of Attorney
75-2-1106. Special power of attorney.
(1) A person 18 years of age or older, the "principal," may designate any other person 18 years of age or older to execute a directive under Section 75-2-1105 on behalf of the principal after the principal incurs an injury, disease, or illness which renders him unable to make a directive, by executing a special power of attorney before a notary public, which shall be in substantially the following form or in a form substantially similar to the form approved by prior Utah law:
I, ____________________________, of ________, this ________ day of ________, ________, being of sound mind, willfully and voluntarily appoint ______________ of ______________ as my agent and attorney-in-fact, without substitution, with lawful authority to execute a directive on my behalf under Section 75-2-1105, governing the care and treatment to be administered to or withheld from me at any time after I incur an injury, disease, or illness which renders me unable to give current directions to attending physicians and other providers of medical services.
I have carefully selected my above-named agent with confidence in the belief that this person's familiarity with my desires, beliefs, and attitudes will result in directions to attending physicians and providers of medical services which would probably be the same as I would give if able to do so.
This power of attorney shall be and remain in effect from the time my attending physician certifies that I have incurred a physical or mental condition rendering me unable to give current directions to attending physicians and other providers of medical services as to my care and treatment.
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Signature of Principal
State of __________ : ss.
County of ________
On the ________ day of ________, ________, personally appeared before me ____________________, who duly acknowledged to me that he has read and fully understands the foregoing power of attorney, executed the same of his own volition and for the purposes set forth, and that he was acting under no constraint or undue influence whatsoever.
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Notary Public
My commission expires:____________________________________
Residing at: _____________________________________________
(2) A directive executed by an attorney-in-fact appointed under this section takes precedence over all previously signed directives.
Amended by Chapter 129, 1993 General Session
