- 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
Revocation
Section 13 of the Enduring Powers of Attorney Ordinance (Cap.501 of the Laws of Hong Kong) expressly allows a donor to revoke an EPA:
- when the donor is mentally capable; or
- if the donor recovers from his/her mentally incapacity, makes an application to the Court for the revocation and the Court makes an order confirming the revocation.
Apart from the revocation as initiated by the donor, there are other circumstances which may render an EPA automatically revoked:
- on the bankruptcy of the attorney(s);
- on the death of the attorney(s);
- on the bankruptcy of the donor;
- on the death of the donor;
- if the Court makes an order to revoke an EPA or to remove the attorney. These sections will be triggered when the Court finds an EPA defective, or when it finds the attorney acting in breach of his/her duties; or
- on the appointment of a committee under Part II of the Mental Health Ordinance (Cap.136 of the Laws of Hong Kong).
