New York Health Care Proxy Validity Check (PHL 2981)
Checks a New York health care proxy's execution against Public Health Law 2981 and names each defect.
Open the tool → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Where the principal lives or is treated
- Not a resident or patient of a facility
- Principal signed and dated it
- Yes
- Two adult witnesses signed it
- Yes
- The agent signed as a witness
- Yes
Result: Defect: the agent signed as a witness, and the agent may not act as witness (2981(2)(a)).
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What you enter
- Where the principal lives or is treated
- Principal signed and dated it
- Two adult witnesses signed it
- The agent signed as a witness
- The agent's tie to the facility
- Agent related by blood, marriage, or adoption
- A witness is unaffiliated with the facility
- A witness is a psychiatrist or psychiatric NP
- A witness meets the OPWDD clinician criteria
How this is calculated
N.Y. Public Health Law (PHL) 2980 and 2981. Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.