Minors: power of attorney to care for a minor child.

Existing law authorizes a caregiver, who properly completes and signs a caregiver's authorization affidavit, to enroll a minor in school and consent to school-related medical care on behalf of the minor. Existing law authorizes a caregiver who is a relative and properly completes and signs a caregiver's authorization affidavit to consent to additional types of medical and dental care for the minor. Existing law, the Power of Attorney Law, generally provides for the creation, modification, and revocation of a power of attorney, defined as a written instrument that is executed by a natural person having the capacity to contract and that grants authority to an attorney-in-fact, also known as…