Iowa Advance Directive Form

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An Iowa advance directive is a document that selects a health care agent and provides instructions for the preparer’s end-of-life care. The preparer will indicate what medical actions are to be taken should they become incapacitated and grant the health care agent authority to make decisions on their behalf. 

Iowa Advance Directive Form

An Iowa advance directive is a document that selects a health care agent and provides instructions for the preparer’s end-of-life care. The preparer will indicate what medical actions are to be taken should they become incapacitated and grant the health care agent authority to make decisions on their behalf. 

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An Iowa advance directive is a document that selects a health care agent and provides instructions for the preparer’s end-of-life care. The preparer will indicate what medical actions are to be taken should they become incapacitated and grant the health care agent authority to make decisions on their behalf. 

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Signing Requirements

An advance directive is only valid if it is acknowledged before a notary public or signed by two witnesses.[1]

Neither the health care agent nor the attending health care provider/employee can be a witness, and one witness must not be related to the declarant.

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Revocation

The durable power of attorney may be revoked in any manner the principal wishes to communicate their intent, including notifying their health care provider or attorney-in-fact verbally or in writing.[2]

The advance directive can be revoked at any time, in any manner, regardless of the principal’s state.[3] It becomes effective once communicated to the attending physician or their assistant.

Sources

  1. §§ 144A.3(2), 144B.3(1)(b)
  2. § 144B.8
  3. § 144A.4