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MEDICAL DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTHCARE DECISIONS 	
 
I. APPOINTMENT OF AGENT AND  
ALTERNATES    
I, ____________________________________ ,  
Declarant, hereby appoint:    
             	
 
Name of Agent          
                                                           
 
Agent’s Best Contact Telephone Number   
                                                                      
 
Agent’s email or alternative telephone number  
                                                      
 
Agent’s home address    
as my Agent to make and communicate my healthcare  
decisions when I cannot. This gives my Agent the   
power to consent to, or refuse, or stop any healthc are, 
treatment, service, or diagnostic procedure. My Age nt 
also has the authority to talk with healthcare pers onnel, 
get information, and sign forms as necessary to car ry out 
those decisions.   
If the person named above is not available or is un able  
to continue as my Agent, then I appoint the followi ng 
person(s) to serve in the order listed below.     
             
 
Name of Alternate Agent #1          
                                                           
 
Agent’s Best Contact Telephone Number   
                                                                      
 
Agent’s email or alternative telephone number  
                                                      
 
Agent’s home address     
             
 
Name of Alternate Agent #2          
                                                           
 
Agent’s Best Contact Telephone Number   
                                                                      
 
Agent’s email or alternative telephone number  
                                                      
 
Agent’s home address 	
   	
  
II. WHEN AGENT’S POWERS BEGIN  
By this document, I intend to create a Medical Dura ble 
Power of Attorney which shall take effect either 	
( initial 
one )	
: 
  
______ ( Initials) Immediately upon my signature. 
 
______ ( Initials) When my physician or other qualified 
medical professional has determined that I am unabl e to 
make my or express my own decisions, and for as lon g 
as I am unable to make or express my own decisions.  
  
III. INSTRUCTIONS TO AGENT  
My Agent shall make healthcare decisions as I direc t 
below, or as I make known to him or her in some oth er 
way. If I have not expressed a choice about the dec ision 
or healthcare in question, my Agent shall base his  or her 
decisions on what he or she, in consultation with m y 
healthcare providers, determines is in my best inte rest. I 
also request that my Agent, to the extent possible,  
consult me on the decisions and make every effort t o 
enable my understanding and find out my preferences . 
  
State here any desires concerning life-sustaining  
procedures, treatment, general care and services,  
including any special provisions or limitations:   
                                                      	
 
                                                      
 
                                                      
 
                                                      
 
                                                      
 
                                                      
 
                                                      
 
                                                      
 
                                                      
 
                                                      
 
                                                      
 
  
My signature below indicates that I understand the  
purpose and effect of this document:    
             
 
Signature of Declarant        Date   	
Pursuant to Colorado Revised Statute 15-14.503–509                   	1

ADDENDUM TO MEDICAL DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY – RECOMMENDED, NOT REQUIRED 
 
1. Signature of the Appointed Agent	 
Although not required by Colorado law, my signature  
below indicates that I have been informed of my  
appointment as a Healthcare Agent under Medical  
Durable Power of Attorney for ( name of Declarant) 
                                                       .	
 
  
I accept the responsibilities of that appointment,  and I 
have discussed with the Declarant his or her wishes  and 
preferences for medical care in the event that he o r she 
cannot speak for him- or herself.   
I understand that I am always to act in accordance  with 
his or her wishes, not my own, and that I have full  
authority to speak with his or her healthcare provi ders, 
examine healthcare records, and sign documents in o rder 
to carry out those wishes. I also understand that m y 
authority as a Healthcare Agent is only in effect w hen 
the Declarant is unable to make his or her own deci sions 
and that it automatically expires at his or her dea th.  
If I am an alternate Agent, I understand that my  
responsibilities and powers will only take effect i f the 
primary Agent is unable or unwilling to serve.  
             	
 
Primary Agent’s Signature          
                                                           
 
Printed Name  
                                                                      
 
Date    
             
 
Alternate Agent #1 Signature          
                                                           
 
Printed Name  
                                                                      
 
Date    
             
 
Alternate Agent #2 Signature          
                                                           
 
Printed Name  
                                                                      
 
Date      	
  
2. Signature of Witnesses and Notary 
The signature of two witnesses and a notary seal ar e not 
required by Colorado law for proper execution of a  
Medical Durable Power of Attorney; however, they ma y 
make the document more acceptable in other states.    
This document was signed by ( name of Declarant) 
             	
  
  
in our presence, and we, in the presence of each ot her, 
and at the Declarant’s request, have signed our nam es 
below as witnesses. We declare that, at the time th e 
Declarant signed this document, we believe that he  or 
she was of sound mind and under no pressure or undu e 
influence. We are at least eighteen (18) years old.	
 	
 
             	
 
Signature of Witness          
                                                           
 
Printed Name  
                                                                      
 
Address  
                                                      
 
  
             
 
Signature of Witness          
                                                           
 
Printed Name  
                                                                      
 
Address  
                                                      
 
 	
Notary Seal (optional ) 
State of ___________________________    
County of                      	
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SUBSCRIBED and sworn to before me by  
                                         ,
 the Declarant,  
and              	
 
and                                              
 
witnesses, as the voluntary act and deed of the Dec larant 
this day of                       	
, 20      	. 
                                                                      	
 
Notary Public  
My commission expires:     	
 	
Pursuant to Colorado Revised Statute 15-14.503–509                   	2
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