MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH CARE PROXY: Fill out & sign online

Here's how it works

01. Edit your form online

Type text, add images, blackout confidential details, add comments, highlights and more.

02. Sign it in a few clicks

Draw your signature, type it, upload its image, or use your mobile device as a signature pad.

03. Share your form with others

Send it via email, link, or fax. You can also download it, export it or print it out.

How to modify MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH CARE PROXY in PDF format online

Ease of Setup

DocHub User Ratings on G2

Ease of Use

DocHub User Ratings on G2

Handling paperwork with our feature-rich and user-friendly PDF editor is simple. Adhere to the instructions below to fill out MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH CARE PROXY online quickly and easily:

Sign in to your account. Sign up with your credentials or create a free account to test the service before choosing the subscription.
Import a document. Drag and drop the file from your device or add it from other services, like Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, or an external link.
Edit MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH CARE PROXY. Effortlessly add and highlight text, insert images, checkmarks, and icons, drop new fillable areas, and rearrange or delete pages from your document.
Get the MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH CARE PROXY completed. Download your adjusted document, export it to the cloud, print it from the editor, or share it with other participants using a Shareable link or as an email attachment.

Benefit from DocHub, one of the most easy-to-use editors to quickly handle your paperwork online!

be ready to get more

Complete this form in 5 minutes or less

Get form

Got questions?

We have answers to the most popular questions from our customers. If you can't find an answer to your question, please contact us.

Contact us

Is your spouse automatically your health care proxy in Massachusetts?

You appoint an Agent in a legal document called a Health Care Proxy. In Massachusetts, a spouse, family or friend does not automatically have the legal authority to make health decisions on your behalf unless appointed in a Health Care Proxy.

What are the rules for a health care proxy?

The health care proxy becomes effective only when you become unable to make decisions, as determined by a physician. Until then, you continue to be in charge of making your own health care decisions. It can be revoked orally, and you always have the right while competent to sign a new health care proxy.

What is the difference between a health care proxy and a power of attorney in Massachusetts?

The Bottom Line A healthcare proxy makes decisions related to healthcare on your behalf and can only act if you are medically or legally incapacitated. A power of attorney makes legal and financial decisions on your behalf and acts based on the scope of authority and under the conditions you have given them.

What is the healthcare proxy law in Massachusetts?

This means that your Agent can act for you if you are temporarily unconscious, in a coma, or have some other condition in which you cannot make or communicate health care decisions. Your Agent cannot act for you until your doctor determines, in writing, that you lack the ability to make health care decisions.

Can a family member override a health care proxy?

Family members or close associates may disagree with the agents decisions, but they have no standing. However, sometimes those relatives or friends may seek the support of a court in overturning the decisions of a proxy or having the individual removed entirely.