SECTION 1. Section 4 of chapter 201D, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 6, after the word “authority”, the following:— including but not limited to any express direction the principal wishes to impose upon the agent
SECTION 2. Section 5 of said chapter 201D, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking the sentence, in lines 1 through 4, inclusive, “An agent shall have the authority to make any and all health care decisions on the principal's behalf that the principal could make, including decisions about life-sustaining treatment, subject, however, to any express limitations in the health care proxy.” and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:-
An agent shall have the authority to make any and all health care decisions on the principal's behalf that the principal could make, including decisions about life-sustaining treatment, subject, however, to any express limitations or directives in the health care proxy, which shall be binding upon the agent.
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