YOUR BIRTH DATE (m/d/y)
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MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH CARE PROXY
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WITNESS STATEMENT: We, the undersigned, each witnessed the signing of this Health Care
Proxy by the Principal or at the direction of the Principal and state that the Principal appears to be at
least 18 years of age, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. Neither of us is named
as the Health Care Agent or Alternate Agent in this document.
In our presence, on this day ____/____/____ ( mo / day / yr).
My Agent shall have the authority to make all health care decisions for me, including decisions
about life-sustaining treatment, subject to any limitations I state below, if I am unable to make health
care decisions myself. My Agent’s authority becomes effective if my attending physician determines in
writing that I lack the capacity to make or to communicate health care decisions. My Agent is then to
have the same authority to make health care decisions as I would if I had the capacity to make them
EXCEPT (here list the limitations, if any, you wish to place on your Agent’s authority):
I direct my Agent to make health care decisions based on my Agent’s assessment of my personal wishes.
If my personal wishes are unknown, my Agent is to make health care decisions based on my Agent’s
assessment of my best interests. Photocopies of this Health Care Proxy shall have the same force and
effect as the original and may be given to other health care providers.
Signed:____________________________________ Date: ___/___/___ (mo/day/yr)
Complete only if Principal is physically unable to sign: I have signed the Principal’s name above at his/her direction in
the presence of the Principal and two witnesses.
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(City/town) (State/ZIP)
(Name) (Street)
Witness #1 _____________________________
Name (print) ___________________________
Address _______________________________
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(Signature)
Witness #2 _____________________________
Name (print) ___________________________
Address _______________________________
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(Signature)
I, ___________________________________________________________________, residing at
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appoint as my Health Care Agent: ____________________________________________________
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Agent’s tel (h) ____________________ (w) ____________________ E-mail __________________
OPTIONAL: If my agent is unwilling or unable to serve, then I appoint as my Alternate Agent:
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(Street) (City/town) (State/ZIP)
(Street) (City/town) (State/ZIP)
(Street) (City/town) (State/ZIP) (Phone)
(Name of person you choose as Agent)
(Name of person you choose as Alternate Agent)
(Principal: PRINT your name)
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Statements of Health Care Agent and Alternate Agent (OPTIONAL)
Health Care Agent: I have been named by the Principal as the Principals Health Care Agent by
this Health Care Proxy. I have read this document carefully, and have personally discussed with the
Principal his/her health care wishes at a time of possible incapacity. I know the Principal and accept
this appointment freely. I am not an operator, administrator or employee of a hospital, clinic, nursing
home, rest home, Soldiers Home or other health facility where the Principal is presently a patient or
resident or has applied for admission. But if I am a person so described, I am also related to the
Principal by blood, marriage, or adoption. If called upon and to the best of my ability, I will try to
carry out the Principal’s wishes.
(Signature of Health Care Agent)______________________________________________________
Alternate Agent: I have been named by the Principal as the Principal’s Alternate Agent by this
Health Care Proxy. I have read this document carefully, and have personally discussed with the
Principal his/her health care wishes at a time of possible incapacity. I know the Principal and accept
this appointment freely. I am not an operator, administrator or employee of a hospital, clinic, nursing
home, rest home, Soldiers Home or other health facility where the Principal is presently a patient or
resident or has applied for admission. But if I am a person so described, I am also related to the
Principal by blood, marriage, or adoption. If called upon and to the best of my ability, I will try to
carry out the Principal’s wishes.
(Signature of Alternate Agent)________________________________________________________
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