{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-201d-4","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 201D, § 4","heading":"Contents of proxy","body":"Section 4. The health care proxy shall:\n(i) identify the principal and the health care agent;\n(ii) indicate that the principal intends the agent to have authority to make health care decisions on the principal's behalf;\n(iii) describe the limitation, if any, that the principal intends to impose upon the agent's authority; and\n(iv) indicate that the agent's authority shall become effective if it is determined pursuant to section six that the principal lacks capacity to make health care decisions.","path":["Part II","Title II","Chapter 201D"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleII/Chapter201D/Section4","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:33Z","sha256":"84a1e0c850f08234116eb247f01f0b17c616a34e4f3570e3026db60888771110","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-201d-3","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-201d-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}