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RSA 137-J:18 · Naming of Multiple Agents

Title: X: PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter: 137-J · WRITTEN DIRECTIVES FOR MEDICAL DECISION MAKING FOR ADULTS WITHOUT CAPACITY TO MAKE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS
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137-J:18 Naming of Multiple Agents. – If the principal lists more than one person as the agent in a durable power of attorney for health care directive, the agents shall have authority in priority of the order in which their names are listed on the document, unless the method of joint agency is expressly included. Source. 2006, 302:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.

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Source. 2006, 302:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.

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2006, 302:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2007

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