{"data":{"id":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-5465","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"20 Pa.C.S. § 5465","heading":"Form.","body":"A health care power of attorney may be in any written form identifying the principal, appointing a health care agent and declaring that the principal authorizes the health care agent to make health care decisions on behalf of the principal. An example of a health care power of attorney appears in the combined form set forth in Subchapter D (relating to combined form).","path":["Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES","CHAPTER 54 HEALTH CARE","SUBCHAPTER C HEALTH CARE AGENTS AND REPRESENTATIVES"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=20\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=54\u0026sctn=65\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-03-18 (Statute Update stamp, 20 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:33Z","sha256":"682bd59bad07a8d5340e97f54abac1478ba6965f818420df0da491bc59ee5b21","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-5464","next":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-5471"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}