According to Alaska Statute, an adult may prepare a written statement known as Advance Directive to control the health care treatment decisions that can be made on that person behalf
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Medical power of attorney designating a surrogate to make health care decisions for a principal. Alaska law provides for both a Health Care Power of Attorney and a Living Will. You may use either or both of these forms |
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The Alaska Advance Health Care Directive is any written instructions concerning the making of medical treatment decisions on
behalf of the person who has provided the instructions. An advance medical directive includes Living Will Declaration and/or
Power of Attorney for Health Care executed pursuant to Alaska Statutes, Title 47.
Legal Helpmate® provides you with two options 1) The Premium Package - Alaska Advance Health Care Directive contains the following documents:
POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE You have the right to make decisions about your health care. No health care may be given to you over your objection, and necessary health care may not be stopped or withheld if you object.Because your health care providers in some cases may not have had the opportunity to establish a long-term relationship with you, they are often unfamiliar with your beliefs and values and the details of your family relationships. This poses a problem if you become physically or mentally unable to make decisions about your health care. In order to avoid this problem, you may sign this legal document to specify the person whom you want to make health care decisions for you if you are unable to make those decisions personally. That person is known as your Health Care Agent. The Alaska Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions (POAHCD) is an important legal document. It gives your agent broad powers to make health care decisions for you. You should take some time to discuss your thoughts and beliefs about medical treatment with the person or persons whom you have specified. You may state in the Alaska Power of Attorney for Health Care any types of health care that you do or do not desire and you may limit the authority of your Health Care Agent. If your Health Care Agent is unaware of your desires with respect to a particular health care decision, he or she is required to determine what would be in your best interests in making the decision. You may limit the authority of your Health Care Agent. This Health Care Power of Attorney revokes any prior power of attorney for health care that you may have made. If you wish to change your power of attorney for health care, you may revoke this document at any time by destroying it, by directing another person to destroy it in your presence, by signing a written and dated statement or by stating that it is revoked in the presence of two witnesses. If you revoke, you should notify your agent, your health care providers and any other person to whom you have given a copy. If your agent is your spouse and your marriage is annulled or you are divorced after signing this document, the document is invalid. You may also use the Alaska Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions to authorize your attorney in fact to make an anatomical gift upon your death. LIVING WILL DECLARATION In Alaska any individual 18 years of age or older may, at any time, make a written advance directive declaration (Living Will) regarding the provision of health care to that individual, or the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment.A Living Will does not appoint an Agent. However, you may use the Living Will in addition to a Health Care Power of Attorney in your advance health care directive. The Alaska Living Will is an important legal document known as an Advance Directive. It is designed to help you communicate your wishes about medical treatment at some time in the future when you are unable to make your wishes known because of illness or injury. These wishes are usually based on personal values. In particular, you may want to consider what burdens or hardships of treatment you would be willing to accept for a particular amount of benefit obtained if you were seriously ill. Among the options that you may consider in your Alaska Living Will Declaration are:
This document may not be changed or modified. If you want to make changes in the document, you must make an entirely new one. THIS ALASKA LIVING WILL IS NOT VALID UNLESS IT IS SIGNED IN THE PRESENCE OF TWO COMPETENT ADULT WITNESSES. THE FOLLOWING PERSONS MAY NOT ACT AS ONE OF THE WITNESSES:
Do not sign these documents unless you clearly understand it. It is suggested that you keep the original of these legal forms on file with your physician and family members. If there is something you do not understand about these Alaska Living Will Declaration and Alaska Health Care Power of Attorney you should consult an attorney. |
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