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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="13-906" title_number="13" title_name="Protection of Minors, Disabled Persons, Susceptible Adults, and Older Adults" subtitle_number="9">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A determination of incapacity or debilitation under this subtitle shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Be made by the attending physician to a reasonable degree of medical certainty;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Be in writing; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Contain the attending physician’s opinion regarding the cause and nature of the parent’s incapacity or debilitation, and the extent and probable duration of the incapacity or debilitation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a standby guardian’s identity is known to an attending physician, the attending physician shall provide a copy of a determination of incapacity or debilitation to the standby guardian.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If requested by a standby guardian, an attending physician shall make a determination regarding the parent’s incapacity or debilitation for purposes of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the parent is able to comprehend the information, a standby guardian shall inform the parent of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The beginning of the standby guardian’s authority as a result of a determination of incapacity; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The parent’s right to revoke the authority promptly after receipt of the determination of incapacity.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
