Michigan Compiled Laws 386-1998-v-5 Part 5 Durable Power Of Attorney And Designation Of Patient Advocate (700.5501...700.5520)

• Section 700.5501 Durable Power Of Attorney; Definition; Attorney-in-fact.
  (1) A durable power of attorney is a power of attorney by which a principal designates another as the principal's attorney in fact in...
• Section 700.5502 Durable Power Of Attorney Not Affected By Lapse Of Time, Disability, Or Incapacity; Legal Description Of Real Estate Not Required.
  An act done by an attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney during a period of disability or incapacity of the principal...
• Section 700.5503 Relation Of Attorney In Fact To Court-appointed Fiduciary.
  (1) If, following execution of a durable power of attorney, a court of the principal's domicile appoints a conservator, estate guardian, or other fiduciary...
• Section 700.5504 Power Of Attorney Not Revoked Until Notice.
  (1) The death of a principal who has executed a written power of attorney, durable or otherwise, does not revoke or terminate the agency...
• Section 700.5505 Proof Of Continuance Of Durable And Other Powers Of Attorney By Affidavit.
  (1) If an attorney in fact acts in good-faith reliance on a power of attorney, durable or otherwise, and executes a sworn statement stating...
• Section 700.5506 Designation Of Patient Advocate; "Community Mental Health Services Program Or Hospital" Defined.
  (1) An individual 18 years of age or older who is of sound mind at the time a patient advocate designation is made may...
• Section 700.5507 Patient Advocate Designation; Statement; Acceptance.
  (1) A patient advocate designation may include a statement of the patient's desires on care, custody, and medical treatment or mental health treatment, or...
• Section 700.5508 Determination Of Advocate's Authority To Act.
  (1) Except as provided under subsection (3), the authority under a patient advocate designation is exercisable by a patient advocate only when the patient...
• Section 700.5509 Authority And Responsibilities Of Patient Advocate; Suspension.
  (1) An individual designated as a patient advocate has the following authority, rights, responsibilities, and limitations: (a) A patient advocate shall act in accordance...
• Section 700.5510 Revocation Of Patient Advocate Designation.
  (1) A patient advocate designation is revoked by 1 or more of the following: (a) The patient's death, except that part of the patient...
• Section 700.5511 Binding Effect; Liability Of Provider; Exception; Dispute.
  (1) Irrespective of a previously expressed or evidenced desire, a current desire by a patient to have provided, and not withheld or withdrawn, a...
• Section 700.5512 Restrictions.
  (1) A patient advocate cannot make a medical treatment decision under the authority of or under the process created by this section and sections...
• Section 700.5513 Repealed. 2004, Act 532, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to conflict with provision of mental health code.Popular Name: EPIC
• Section 700.5515 Revocation Of Patient Advocate Designation; Waiver; Exercise Of Power By Patient Advocate; Conditions.
  (1) A patient may waive the right to revoke a patient advocate designation as to the power to exercise mental health treatment decisions by...
• Section 700.5520 Guardian Making Medical Or Mental Health Decisions; Designation Of Another Individual Prohibited.
  A legally incapacitated individual who has a guardian with responsibility for making medical or mental health treatment decisions cannot then designate another individual to...

Last modified: October 10, 2016