{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-32a-21","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 32A-21","heading":"Appointment, resignation, removal, and substitution.","body":"(a)\tA health care power of attorney may contain provisions relating to the appointment, resignation, removal and substitution of the health care agent.\n(b)\tIf all health care agents named in the instrument or substituted, die or for any reason fail or refuse to act, and all methods of substitution have been exhausted, the health care power of attorney shall cease to be effective. (1991, c. 639, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 32A. Powers of Attorney.","Article 3. Health Care Powers of Attorney."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_32A/GS_32A-21.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:00:17Z","sha256":"92ab5c68983eeaed5c0dde97f9ed78e7b803237dc03b7e116530623b43560e50","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-32a-20","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-32a-22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}