ACT 169 COURSES:

• Pennsylvania Bar Institute:

• "Power of Attorney & Health Care Directives - 2007"
• Type: On-site presentations at three locations.
  
• Locations, dates, & times (9:00 am to 12:15 pm):
  
• Monday, March 5, 2007 -- CLE Conference Center, Wanamaker Building, 10th Floor, Suite 1010, Philadelphia, PA
• Tuesday, March 13, 2007 -- PBI Conference Center, 5080 Ritter Road, Rossmoyne Exit, Rt. 15, Mechanicsburg, PA
• Thursday, March 29, 2007 -- Koppers Building, 9th Floor, 436 Seventh Avenue., Pittsburgh, PA
• Topics & Materials -- See: "Act 169 at PBI's POA & HCD Course", posted on the PA Elder, Estate & Fiduciary Law Blog (02/28/07).
• Faculty:
  
• Aubrey H. Glover, Esq., Cohen & Grigsby, PC, Pittsburgh (Speaking in Mechanicsburg & Pittsburgh on POAs)
• Mary Jo Baum, Esq., Brian R. Price & Associates, Chalfont (Speaking in Philadelphia on POAs)
• Neil E. Hendershot, Esq.,, Goldberg Katzman, P.C., Harrisburg (Speaking in Philadelphia & Mechanicsburg on HCDs)
• Barbara J. Holland, Esq., Governor's Office--Healthcare Reform, Harrisburg (Speaking in Pittsburgh on HCDs)
• Dianne C. Magee, Esq., Grim, Biehn & Thatcher, P.C., Quakertown (Speaking in Philadelphia on POAs)
• Harriet F. Withstandley, Esq., Chief Counsel, Pennsylvania Department of Aging, Harrisburg (Speaking in Mechanicsburg & Pittsburgh on HCDs)
• Robert B. Wolf, Esq., Tener, Van Kirk, Wolf & Moore, Pittsburgh (Speaking in Pittsburgh on HCDs)

• "Personal Health Care Decision Making in Pennsylvania: An Analysis of Act 169"
  • Date: Jan 16, 2007
  • Type: Telephone Call-In Course, recorded & now available for replay.
  • Media:Presentation is available as a CD audio with materials.

• Faculty:
  • Neil E. Hendershot, Esq., Goldberg Katzman, P.C., Harrisburg -- Course Planner (Email: neh@goldbergkatzman.com or HendershotNE@gmail.com)
  • Barbara A. Holland, Esq., Chief Counsel's Office, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Harrisburg (Email: baholland@state.pa.us)
    
  • Harriet F. Withstandley, Esq., Chief Counsel, Pennsylvania Department of Aging, Harrisburg (Email: hwithstand@state.pa.us)
  • Robert B. Wolf, Esq., Tener, Van Kirk, Wolf & Moore, PC, Pittsburgh (Email: RWolf50@aol.com)

• Topics:

• Legal Framework Constitutional, Case Law, and Statutory; Overview of Act 169; Living Will changes; New Health Care Powers of Attorney; New Health Care Representative and Health Care Decision-Making; Protections for Providers and Agents; Duties and Process Required of Health Care Providers; New Combined Form HPOA & Living Will; Consistency of Medical Orders Across Care Settings--POLST-Advisory Committee; Criminal Penalties, Licensing & Accountability; & Questions and Answers.

• Pennsylvania Medical Society and the Hospital & Healthsystems Association of Pennsylvania:

• PMS & HAP have jointly developed a series of educational programs & resources designed to help physicians, other providers, and patients use the new law (Act 169) to improve health care decision making.
• Webinar: “The New Advance Directives Law: What You, Your Medical Practice, and Your Hospital Need to Know to Comply”, a one-hour web seminar on January 10, 2007 (12 noon - 1 PM) on the new law and its impact. This webinar is geared toward physicians, hospitals, and other providers.