32A-17. Who may make a health care power of attorney.
Any person having understanding and capacity to make and communicate health care decisions, who is 18 years of age or older, may make a health care power of attorney. (1991, c. 639, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 32A - Powers of Attorney
Article 3 - Health Care Powers of Attorney.
§ 32A-15 - General purpose of this Article.
§ 32A-16.1 - Health care powers of attorney executed during state of emergency.
§ 32A-17 - Who may make a health care power of attorney.
§ 32A-18 - Who may act as a health care attorney-in-fact.
§ 32A-19 - Extent of authority; limitations of authority.
§ 32A-20 - Effectiveness and duration; revocation.
§ 32A-21 - Appointment, resignation, removal, and substitution.
§ 32A-23 - Article 2, Chapter 32A, not applicable.
§ 32A-24 - Reliance on health care power of attorney; defense.
§ 32A-25.1 - Statutory form health care power of attorney.
§ 32A-26 - Health care power of attorney and declaration of desire for natural death.
§ 32A-27 - Health care powers of attorney executed in other jurisdictions.