Rhode Island Advance Directive Form

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A Rhode Island advance directive ensures an individual’s medical care preferences are honored if they become incapacitated. The document provides guidelines for end-of-life scenarios and designates a party who may provide instructions to healthcare providers on the individual’s behalf.

Rhode Island Advance Directive Form

A Rhode Island advance directive ensures an individual’s medical care preferences are honored if they become incapacitated. The document provides guidelines for end-of-life scenarios and designates a party who may provide instructions to healthcare providers on the individual’s behalf.

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Last updated April 15th, 2024

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A Rhode Island advance directive ensures an individual’s medical care preferences are honored if they become incapacitated. The document provides guidelines for end-of-life scenarios and designates a party who may provide instructions to healthcare providers on the individual’s behalf.

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Signing Requirements

Living wills must be signed by two witnesses who are not related to the principal by blood or marriage.[1]

Medical power of attorneys must be signed by a notary or two witnesses over 18 who are none of the below[2]:

  • The principal’s agent or successor agent
  • The principal’s healthcare provider or their employee
  • The operator of a community care facility or their employee

At least one witness (or the notary) must be unrelated to the principal by blood, adoption, or marriage and is not a beneficiary of the principal’s estate or property.

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Rhode Island Advance Directive

Revocation

A principal in any state can revoke an advance directive by any means indicating an intent to revoke, with their medical provider being informed of the revocation.[3]

Sources

  1. § 23-4.11-3(a)
  2. § 23-4.10-2
  3. § 23-4.10-3(a), § 23-4.11-4(a)