Each health care provider and each other person with whom an agent deals under a health care agency shall be subject to the following duties and responsibilities:

(1) It is the responsibility of the agent or patient to notify the health care provider of the existence of the health care agency and any amendment or revocation thereof. A health care provider furnished with a copy of a health care agency shall make it a part of the patient's medical records and shall enter in the records any change in or termination of the health care agency by the principal that becomes known to the provider. Whenever a provider believes a patient is unable to understand the general nature of the health care procedure which the provider deems necessary, the provider shall consult with any available health care agent known to the provider who then has power to act for the patient under a health care agency;

(2) A health care decision made by an agent in accordance with the terms of a health care agency shall be complied with by every health care provider to whom the decision is communicated, subject to the provider's right to administer treatment for the patient's comfort or alleviation of pain; but, if the provider is unwilling to comply with the agent's decision, the provider shall promptly inform the agent who shall then be responsible to make the necessary arrangements for the transfer of the patient to another provider. A provider who is unwilling to comply with the agent's decision will continue to afford reasonably necessary consultation and care in connection with the pending transfer;

(3) At the patient's expense and subject to reasonable rules of the health care provider to prevent disruption of the patient's health care, each health care provider shall give an agent authorized to receive such information under a health care agency the same right the principal has to examine and copy any part or all of the patient's medical records that the agent deems relevant to the exercise of the agent's powers, whether the records relate to mental health or any other medical condition and whether they are in the possession of or maintained by any physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, therapist, hospital, nursing home, or other health care provider, notwithstanding the provisions of any statute or rule of law to the contrary; and

(4) If and to the extent a health care agency empowers the agent to:

(A) Make an anatomical gift on behalf of the principal under Article 6 of Chapter 5 of Title 44, the "Georgia Anatomical Gift Act," as now or hereafter amended;

(B) Authorize an autopsy of the principal's body; or

(C) Direct the disposition of the principal's remains,

the anatomical gift, autopsy approval, or remains disposition shall be deemed the act of the principal or of the person who has priority under law to make the necessary decisions and each person to whom a direction by the agent in accordance with the terms of the agency is communicated shall comply with such direction to the extent it is in accord with reasonable medical standards or other relevant standards at the time of reference.