A Washington D.C. medical power of attorney allows a patient to seek someone else (“attorney-in-fact”) to make health care decisions on their behalf if they can’t do so for themselves. This is often brought upon due to incapacitation in the form of Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, Stroke, or any other mind-altering condition. The form is required to be signed with the patient and in the presence of two (2) witnesses, one of which cannot be related to the principal by blood, marriage or adoption and shall not be entitled to any part of the estate of the principal by a current will or operation of law.
Definition – § 21–2202(3)
Laws – § 21–2207
Signing Requirements (§ 21–2205(c)) – Two (2) witnesses.