It complies with California law and will be familiar to health care practitioners in California.
When should your agent rsquo;s authority to speak for you begin -- when you sign the document or when you become unable to make your own health care decisions? Specifically, should your agent not have the authority to direct: the withdrawal or withholding of life-prolonging procedures the withdrawal or withholding of artifically administered food and water the donation of your organs, parts, or tissues the plans for your burial or cremation, or anything else? It aligns with California rsquo;s statutory advance health care directive ndash; the form in Cal. Code sect;4701.