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3. Authorized Representative The applicant may authorize someone to represent them. An authorized representative can be an individual or an organization (see SECTION 34.1 AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES). If the applicant needs to appoint an authorized representative when applying by telephone or in person, the applicant must complete the Appoint, Change, or Remove an Authorization of Representative form (Person F-10126A or Organization F-10126B). When appointing an authorized representative, someone other than the authorized representative must witness the applicant’s signature. If the applicant signs with a mark, two witness signatures are required. The authorized representative is not required to sign the application, though they are able to sign on behalf of the applicant. If an applicant has an authorized representative, the applicant can still sign the application on their own behalf. 4. Agent with Durable Power of Attorney for Finances (Wis. Stat. ch. 244) An agent with durable power of attorney for finances is a person to whom the applicant has given power of attorney authority and agrees that the authority will continue even if the applicant later becomes disabled or otherwise incapacitated. Only an agent with activated durable power of attorney for finances (may also be known as a durable power of attorney for finances and property) is considered to have power of attorney for the purposes of providing a valid signature on the application. An agent with power of attorney for health care is not considered to have power of attorney for the purpose of providing a valid signature on the application. When a submitted application is signed by someone claiming to be the applicant’s agent with activated durable power of attorney for finances, the IM agency must do both of the following: 1. Obtain a copy of the document the applicant used to designate the signer of the application as an agent with durable power of attorney for finances. 2. Review the document to confirm that the power of attorney for finances authority does not end if the applicant becomes incapacitated (i.e., the power of attorney is durable). The application is not properly signed unless both conditions are met. An individual's agent with activated durable power of attorney for finances may appoint an authorized representative for purposes of making a health care application if authorized by the document used to designate the agent. The document used to designate the agent with durable power of attorney for finances will specify what authority is granted. The appointment of an agent with durable power of attorney for finances does not prevent an applicant from filing their own application for BadgerCare Plus, nor does it prevent the individual from granting authority to someone else to apply for public assistance on their behalf. 5. A superintendent of a state mental health institute or center for the developmentally disabled 6. A warden or warden's designee A warden or warden's designee for an inmate of a state correctional institution who is a hospital inpatient for more than 24 hours. 7. The superintendent of a county psychiatric institution