{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-201d-3","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 201D, § 3","heading":"Eligibility to serve as agent","body":"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.","path":["Part II","Title II","Chapter 201D"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleII/Chapter201D/Section3","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:33Z","sha256":"f760b1661a51da48d2300ad84188fcbb0699a7a98530612d6ff7feeba41ce037","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-201d-2","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-201d-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}