Hospital Visitation Authorization -- a Must for California Partners.

If you are not married to your significant other or are in a same sex relationship, you should consider having a Hospital Visitation Authorization.

This is because many hospitals permit only family members to visit their loved ones in a hospital.  Certainly some hospitals enforce this more strictly than others, it is wise to have a Visitation Authorization in place.

Thus, to ensure that you and your partner are able to visit each other during a hospital stay, both partners should execute a Hospital Visitation Authorization.

I recommend that my unmarried clients have one available in case they need to show it to hospital personnel before being allowed to visit your significant other.

Comments

[Brian L. Olson]

Jennifer. I agree that this is vital for unmarried or same sex couples. I have recently become much more cognizant of the needs of people in these relationships. Does California have a specific statute with regard to hospital visitation or do you simply build this in as part of your medical directive, power of attorney, or HIPAA release? Great advice.