New Mexico law recognizes an Advanced Healthcare Directive, which has two parts with very different functions.

The first part of the Advanced Healthcare Directive functions as a Power of Attorney for Healthcare. A Power of Attorney for healthcare allows you to designate an agent who is authorized to make healthcare decisions for you in the event you become incapacitated and are unable to make your own healthcare decisions. You can also designate successor agents who can make healthcare decisions for you in the event that your primary agent is unable to make healthcare decisions for you.

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