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(F)
The
Clerk
and
Comptroller shall provide pertinent Domestic Partnership forms
to
persons requesting them.
SECTION
7.
RIGHTS
OF
REGISTERED DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP:
To the extent not superseded by federal, state or County laws or ordinances,
Registered Domestic Partners shall
have
the
following rights:
(A
)
Health Care Visitation.
All
Health Care Facilities operating
within
Palm Beach
County shall allow
a
Registered Domestic Partner
the
same visitation
rights as a
spouse
of
the
patient.
If the
patient
is a
dependent
of the
Registered Domestic Partnership,
ail
Health Care
Facilities
operating within Palm Beach County shall allow
a
Registered
Domestic Partner
the
same visitation rights
as a
parent
if the
patient
is a
dependent
of a
Registered Domestic Partner.
A
dependent
of a
Registered Domestic Partner shall have
the
same visitation
rights as a
patient's child.
(B)
Health Care Decisions.
If a
patient
lacks
the
capacity
to
make
a
health care
decision,
the
patient's Registered Domestic Partner shall have
the
same authority
as a
spouse
to
make
a
health care decision
for the
incapacitated
party
to the
extent allowed
by
Section
765.401»
Florida Statutes. This section pertains
to
decisions concerning both
physical
and
mental health,
(C)
Funeral/Burial Decisions, Following
the
death
of a
Registered Domestic Partner,
the
surviving Domestic Partner shall have
the
same
rights to
make decisions
and
disposition
of the
decedent's
body
as a
surviving spouse, unless otherwise provided
by
law.
The
surviving Domestic Partner shall retain these rights notwithstanding
the
automatic
termination provision
of
Section
5 .
(D)
Notification
of
Family Members.
In any
situation providing
for
mandatory
or
permissible notification
of
family members, including,
but not
limited
to,
notification
of
family
members
in an
emergency,
or
when permission
is
granted
to
inmates
to
contact family
members such notification shall include Registered Domestic Partners.
(E)
Pre-need Guardian Designation.
Any
person
who is
registered
as a
Registered
Domestic Partner pursuant
to
this Ordinance shall have
the
same
right as any
other
individual
to be
designated
as a
pre-need guardian pursuant
to
Section 744.3045, Florida
Statutes,
and to
serve
in
such capacity, unless otherwise provided
by
law.
In the
event
one
Registered Domestic Partner becomes incapacitated
and has not
executed
a
valid pre-
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