Texas Advance Directive Form

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A Texas advance directive contains the preparer’s instructions to medical staff regarding their end-of-life care. The form states whether the preparer consents to life-prolonging treatment and what they wish to happen to their remains. An advance directive can also appoint an agent to make medical decisions should the preparer become incapacitated.

Texas Advance Directive Form

A Texas advance directive contains the preparer’s instructions to medical staff regarding their end-of-life care. The form states whether the preparer consents to life-prolonging treatment and what they wish to happen to their remains. An advance directive can also appoint an agent to make medical decisions should the preparer become incapacitated.

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Last updated April 14th, 2024

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A Texas advance directive contains the preparer’s instructions to medical staff regarding their end-of-life care. The form states whether the preparer consents to life-prolonging treatment and what they wish to happen to their remains. An advance directive can also appoint an agent to make medical decisions should the preparer become incapacitated.

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Signing Requirements

An advance directive is valid if signed by two adult witnesses or a notary public.[1]

At least one of the witnesses cannot be any of the following[2]:

  • The principal’s healthcare agent
  • The principal’s relative by blood or marriage
  • A beneficiary to the principal’s estate or assets
  • The attending physician
  • An employee of the attending physician or the facility
  • A claimant against the principal’s estate

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Revocation

An advance directive can be revoked by the principal whether or not they are of sound mind.[3] The following actions will revoke an advance directive:

  • Destroying the document or ordering someone to do so in the principal’s presence
  • Executing a written statement of revocation
  • Verbally expressing the revocation

Verbal and written revocations are effective once the attending physician is notified.

Sources

  1. § 166.032
  2. § 166.003
  3. § 166.042