Barron was bound by Ms. Chapman’s act of agreeing to the entire Admission Agreement, including the arbitration clause. Defendants’ view is that Ms. Chapman was authorized to take all steps necessary to admit Ms. Barron to Betty Dare, and those steps included electing a dispute resolution forum. {26} California courts have taken a similar view to that expressed by Defendants, and have concluded that [a]n agent or fiduciary has the auth thority to bind a principal to arbitration does not have to be specifically or separately granted. Rather, an agent with authority to complete the documents for admission is likewise permitted to decide on behalf of the principal whether future disputes with the facility should be arbitrated or litigated. See Garrison, 33 Cal.Rptr.3d at 352, 358, 360-61 (<HOLDING>). As the Garrison court explained, “[w]hether
holding that a healthcare power of attorney includes the authority to bind the principal to an optional arbitration agreement because among other reasons an agent has authority  to do everything necessary or proper and usual in the ordinary course of business for effecting the purpose of his agency and that the decision to enter into such agreements in connection with placement in a healthcare facility  is a proper and usual exercise of an agents powers internal quotation marks and citation omitted holding that a principal is not hable for the actions of an agent when these actions exceed the agents authority and the thirdparty has knowledge that the agent does not have the authority asserted holding that unless that power is restricted by the principal an agent under a california statutory healthcare power of attorney has the power to execute applicable admission forms including arbitration agreements holding that a principal is bound by a contract entered into by the principals agent on her behalf if the agent had authority to bind the principal holding that a healthcare power of attorney conferred by a resident to his wife explicitly limited the powers of the agent to those set out in writing in the document