The Authority of a Person Appointed by a Patient to Make

question 20

Multiple Choice

The authority of a person appointed by a patient to make decisions about his or her medical care when he or she becomes incapacitated and unable to make such decisions

• A) exordium clause
• B) residuary clause
• C) conservator
• D) delay clause
• E) simultaneous death clause
• F) principal
• G) attestation clause
• H) medical power of attorney
• I) nondurable power of attorney
• J) springing power of attorney

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