New Mexico Durable Power of Attorney for Health-Care and Advance Health-Care Directive

Make your healthcare wishes known and appoint someone you trust to speak for you when you cannot speak for yourself. This New Mexico-specific Healthcare Power of Attorney and Advance Healthcare Directive is presented in The Tax & Title Desk’s professional, easy-to-follow format and is designed around the New Mexico Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act.

This comprehensive document allows you to:

• Appoint a Healthcare Agent and Alternate Agent
• Grant authority to make medical and treatment decisions
• Provide HIPAA and medical-record access
• Choose when your Agent’s authority begins
• State your wishes regarding life-sustaining treatment
• Give instructions for artificial nutrition and hydration
• Address CPR, comfort care, pain relief, and hospice care
• Record personal, religious, cultural, and pregnancy-related wishes
• Nominate a guardian if court involvement becomes necessary
• Provide anatomical-gift and organ-donation instructions
• Identify a preferred physician or healthcare provider

The package also includes an optional Agent Acceptance, optional witness and notarial sections, and a separate completion and execution instructions page.

Format: Digital download
Length: 7 pages
State: New Mexico
Use: Healthcare decisions and advance-care planning

This document does not grant authority over financial or property matters. It is a self-help legal document template and is not a substitute for advice from a New Mexico-licensed attorney or qualified healthcare professional. Individual guidance is recommended for complex medical instructions, pregnancy, mental-health treatment, guardianship concerns, or conflicts involving other medical orders.