The MOLST does not replace a Health Care Proxy Form (it cannot be used to appoint a decision-maker). The MOLST form must be signed by your healthcare provider, and by you or your health care agent or surrogate. All medical providers must follow these medical orders, even if the patient moves from one location to another (e.g., moves from hospital to nursing home), unless a physician/nurse practitioner/physician assistant examines the patient, reviews the orders, and determines they should be changed.

January 3, 2022

Can a MOLST replace a Health Care Proxy Form?

The MOLST does not replace a Health Care Proxy Form (it cannot be used to appoint a decision-maker). The MOLST form must be signed by your […]
January 3, 2022

Are living wills helpful if you have not completed a Health Care Proxy Form?

Some New Yorkers have no one they can appoint as an agent, and/or they have family members that they don’t trust that may be called to […]
January 3, 2022

If I create a living will, should I still complete the Health Care Proxy Form?

Yes, you should still complete the Health Care Proxy Form. Due to the requirement for “clear and convincing evidence,” for the document to be valid, and […]
January 3, 2022

How should the Health Care Proxy be signed and witnessed?

The form must be witnessed by two people, eighteen years of age or older, who are not the health care agent or the alternate agent that […]
January 3, 2022

Can I document my wishes regarding organ/tissue donation using the Health Care Proxy?

Section 6 of the Health Care Proxy is optional and focused on organ and tissue donation. If you wish to become an organ or tissue donor, […]
January 3, 2022

What health care decisions can my health care agent make?

Unless you limit your health care agent’s authority, your agent will be able to make any health care decision that you could have made if you […]
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