{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-21-2209","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 21-2209","heading":"Health-care provider limitation.","body":"(a)\nNo health-care provider may require an individual to execute a durable power of attorney for health care as a condition for the provision of health-care services or admission to a health-care facility, as defined in § 44-501.\n\n(b)\nAfter an individual has spent at least 48 hours in a health care facility, a health care provider may request the individual to execute a durable power of attorney for health care subject to the limitations set forth in this subchapter. The health care provider may not be named as the attorney in fact.","path":["Title 21. Fiduciary Relations and Persons with Mental Illness. [Enacted title]","Chapter 22. Health-Care Decisions.","Subchapter I. Durable Power of Attorney"],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/21-2209","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"987421d5a77d455e89fd75b247630a6eb7404371d01cc9eb6d1a25b63c615411","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-21-2208","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-21-2210"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}