North Carolina General Statutes 32A-21. Appointment, resignation, removal, and substitution
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(a) A health care power of attorney may contain provisions relating to the appointment, resignation, removal and substitution of the health care agent.
(b) If 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.)
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 32A-21
- Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC