- Entitlement and access to public health care services
- Medical treatment: consent and withdrawal
- Advance Directives
- Taking care of a mentally incapacitated person: Guardianship or Committee
- Enduring Power of Attorney
- What is an Enduring Power of Attorney?
- Key advantages of an EPA
- The attorney
- Duties and liabilities of the attorney(s)
- The attorney(s)' authorities and restrictions
- How to make an EPA - using the prescribed form
- How to make an EPA - signed by the donor
- How to make an EPA - certificate by a registered medical practitioner and a solicitor
- How to make an EPA - arrangements for donor who is physically incapable
- How to make an EPA - signed by the attorney(s)
- Commencement of the EPA
- Registration of the EPA
- Notification of named persons
- Revocation
- Hypothetical cases
- Questions and answers
- Guide to prescribed forms of the Enduring Power of Attorney and downloading the forms
- Elder abuse
- Medical negligence
- Medical insurance
- Care by residential care homes for elderly persons
Enduring Power of Attorney
Commencement of the EPA
According to the prescribed forms as set out in Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 to the Enduring Powers of Attorney (Prescribed Form) Regulation (Cap.501A of the Laws of Hong Kong), a donor has the option of having the EPA take effect:
- on the date it is signed before the solicitor; or
- on a later specified date; or
- upon the occurrence of a later event.
If the donor does not specify a date for an EPA’s commencement or an event to trigger its commencement, the EPA will commence upon its execution, that is, when it is duly signed before a solicitor (section 10(3) of the Enduring Powers of Attorney Ordinance (Cap.501 of the Laws of Hong Kong)). It is therefore essential for the donor to be fully aware of his/her choice for the time of commencement of the EPA.
