(1) ORS 127.505 to 127.660 and 127.995 do not impair or supersede any power of attorney for health care, directive to physicians or health care instruction in effect before November 4, 1993.
(2) Any power of attorney for health care or directive to physicians executed before November 4, 1993, shall be governed by the provisions of ORS 127.505 to 127.660 and 127.995, except that:
(a) The directive to physicians or power of attorney for health care shall be valid if it complies with the provisions of either ORS 127.505 to 127.660 and 127.995 or the statutes in effect as of the date of execution;
(b) The terms in a directive to physicians in the form prescribed by ORS 127.610 (1991 Edition) or predecessor statute have those meanings given in ORS 127.605 (1991 Edition) or predecessor statute in effect at the time of execution; and
(c) The terms in a power of attorney for health care in the form prescribed by ORS 127.530 (1991 Edition) have those meanings given in ORS 127.505 in effect at the time of execution.
(3) A health care organization, as defined in ORS 127.646, that on November 4, 1993, has printed materials with the information and forms which were required by ORS 127.649, prior to November 4, 1993, may use such printed materials until December 1, 1993. [1993 c.767 §23]
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