{"id":375870,"date":"2016-03-31T21:36:26","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T02:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/state\/oregon-law\/oregon-durable-power-of-attorney-laws.html"},"modified":"2021-04-16T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T04:00:00","slug":"oregon-durable-power-of-attorney-laws","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/state\/oregon-law\/oregon-durable-power-of-attorney-laws.html","title":{"rendered":"Oregon Durable Power of Attorney Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Oregon Durable Power of Attorney Laws<\/h1>\n
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Some health care incapacity legal documents can be confusing because the names are often used interchangeably, such as living will, advanced health care directive, and health care power of attorney<\/a>. This article focuses on Oregon’s laws regarding durable power of attorney documents.
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Health Care Power of Attorneys<\/h2>\r\n

A health care powers of attorney designates an agent to speak on your behalf and make health care decisions for you when you can\u2019t make then. Often, a living with and power of attorney are two components of medical planning that are created in one document. Sometimes this is called an \u201cadvance directive for health care.\u201d Oregon permits living wills and health care power of attorneys under the Powers of Attorney and Advance Directives for Health Care law. Oregon law also permits powers of attorney for financial matters<\/a> like paying your bills when you become incapacitated.<\/p>\r\n

POLSTs<\/h2>\r\n

In addition, Oregon maintains a Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) registry<\/a> that is like a Do Not Resuscitate form that\u2019s ordered by your doctor informing other medical providers of your request not to have CPR or artificial hydration, etc., although pain medication can still be provided as needed. A POLST is separate from a living will or advance directive and many people choose to create both.<\/p>\r\n