Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 201D, § 3 (2026)

Eligibility to serve as agent

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Section 3. No person who is an operator, administrator or employee of a facility may be appointed as health care agent by an adult, who, at the time of executing the health care proxy is a patient or resident of such facility or has applied for admission to such facility unless said operator, administrator or employee is related to the principal by blood, marriage or adoption.

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Cited in 1 case, 2002–2002 · leading case: Cohen v. Bolduc, 435 Mass. 608 (Mass. 2002).
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Cohen v. Bolduc, 435 Mass. 608 (Mass. 2002). · cites it 2× “21 G. L. c. 201D, § 3. “Facility” includes “any private, county or municipal facility .”
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