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Alaska Durable Power of Attorney Laws
Explanation of Chart and More Information on Durable Power of Attorney Laws
| Code Section | 13.26.332, 335, et seq. |
| Specific Powers, Life-Prolonging Acts | Consent or refusal to consent to medical care or relief for the principal from pain but agent may not authorize the termination of life-sustaining procedures; may include provision indicating whether a living will has been executed |
| Legal Requirements for Durable Power of Attorney | (1) Must be set out in substantially the same form as found in statute §13.26.332; (2) designate health care decisions to agent |
| Revocation of Durable Power of Attorney | Revocable at any time |
| Validity from State-to-State | - |
| If Physician Unwilling to Follow Durable Power of Attorney | A third party shall honor the terms of a properly executed power of attorney, but physician may withdraw after services of another physician have been obtained |
| Immunity for Attending Physician | A third party who relies on reasonable representations of an attorney-in-fact does not incur a liability to the principal or principal's heirs, assigns, or estate |
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