A medical power of attorney can be completed without the assistance of a lawyer. Send the new version to the e-Directive Registry so that your current one is available to treating health care clinicians. Collect and destroy all copies of the old version. Be sure to notify all people who have copies of your medical power of attorney that you completed a new one. The new document will automatically cancel the old one. The best way to change your medical power of attorney is to create a new one. Review your medical power of attorney periodically to make sure it still reflects your wishes. What if I change my mind about who I want to be my representative or about the kind of treatment I want?.Ask both to be sure they understand and agree to be your representative. Do the same for a successor representative. If I decide to create a MPOA, how should I choose my representative?Ĭhoose someone who knows your values and wishes, and whom you trust to make decisions for you in the MPOA.Your medical power of attorney does not become effective until you are not able to clearly say your own wishes. Yes, you can still make your own wishes for medical care after completing an MPOA. Can I still make my own health care decisions once I have created a MPOA?.Since the medical power of attorney is a more flexible document and allows you to name someone to make decisions for you, it is advisable to create a medical power of attorney even if you have already signed a living will or decide not to do a living will. Most West Virginians complete both a medical power of attorney and a living will. What if I already have a Living Will? Do I need an MPOA?.Note: If you do not choose a MPOA representative through an advance directive and you lose the ability to speak for yourself, your health care clinician will appoint a representative for your through a Surrogate Selection. This is the second most common advance directive submitted to the Registry. Of the forms submitted since 2010 to the WV e-Directive Registry, 18% are MPOA forms. A medical power of attorney is a legal document, a type of advance directive, that allows you to name a person to make health care decisions for you if you are unable to make them for yourself.
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