                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FAILURE TO DELIVER ADVANCE DIRECTIVE (§ 54.1-2989.1)

An agent in possession of an advance medical directive vesting any power or
authority in him shall, when the instrument is otherwise valid, be deemed to
possess the powers and authority granted by such instrument notwithstanding any
failure by the declarant to deliver the instrument to him, and persons dealing
with such agent shall have no obligation to inquire into the manner or
circumstances by which such possession was acquired; provided, however, that
nothing herein shall preclude the court from considering such manner or
circumstances as relevant factors in a proceeding brought to remove the agent or
revoke the directive.

HISTORY: 2003, c. 269.