What you're seeing in this form, is what is known as a "Contract of Adhesion."
A Contract of Adhesion is any contract in which has other terms and conditions, consequences, etc...that was not made fully known to all signing parties.
Technically, contracts of adhesion, according to contractual law --- are illegal.
A valid contract is one where a meeting of the minds has occurred, all parties are aware of all of the terms, conditions and consequences of entering into said contract.
What that means if you DID NOT fully understand due to carefully veiled legal language and or intentionally vague language, what other consequences might be allowed by signing something, you've just been a victim of one of these illegal contracts.
How could you have possibly known that by signing something like this it gives the state/county (whoever) the rights to then do (fill in the blank)? Was that explained fully up front?
NOPE.
If these types of contracts are so illegal, how does our governments get away with presenting them to us in every facet of our lives? Because somewhere, on a nested and oftentimes buried link on a county web page, a statute is listed and publicly available, and then by their own statutes, they can say "it's been made public..."
What government agencies (city, county, state, federal, etc...), corporations, lawyers, and anyone else who has knowledge of this behavior counts on is the ignorance of the general public to these things. Therefore, in my opinion, these contracts are purely PREDATORY in nature.
The OP is correct. It's an admission to something legally binding. In the eyes of other agencies, according to implied or expressly written (and then 'hidden') statute, this then gives them the right to have authority over these areas of your lives.
In this case, it is best to do YOUR OWN form, taking advantage of the 'right' you have to have things placed on record in your own medical files.
I read somewhere that attempting to rescind a signature though on previous contracts, simply implies that the signature was valid to begin with. Then it comes down to who has the most money to keep arguing in court and or compel the administrator of the case to listen.
Great write up!
Wow! What a great informative response. I greatly appreciate you reading and then taking the time to respond with such information.
Illegal contract sounds right to me. It’s so sad they count on ignorance of the general public . They disguise things as good when really they are set up to hurt us in the long run. I have never heard of the term Contract of Adhesion, thank you for clarifying what type of contract this is.
We will definitely be writing our own contract for sure. That’s a very good point about rescinding signatures. Thanks again for your input :)
It should be noted that if anyone actually comes out and says to (Agency, corporation, etc...) that presents this to them, they will simply deny it. The terms and conditions on the contract, plus their currently declared statutes allow it --but none of that changes the fact that, that is exactly what it is. If this legally binds you to something else or allows overreach by another department into your life and that wasn't spelled out -- it's a Contract of Adhesion.