Minnesota Advance Directive Form

A Minnesota advance directive enables an individual to appoint a health care agent and detail the treatments and procedures they would like to receive if they lose the ability to communicate their wishes. In the event that the individual loses capacity, their agent will make medical decisions on their behalf and ensure that health care is administered in accordance with the patient’s wishes.

Minnesota Advance Directive Form

A Minnesota advance directive enables an individual to appoint a health care agent and detail the treatments and procedures they would like to receive if they lose the ability to communicate their wishes. In the event that the individual loses capacity, their agent will make medical decisions on their behalf and ensure that health care is administered in accordance with the patient’s wishes.

Last updated April 18th, 2024

A Minnesota advance directive enables an individual to appoint a health care agent and detail the treatments and procedures they would like to receive if they lose the ability to communicate their wishes. In the event that the individual loses capacity, their agent will make medical decisions on their behalf and ensure that health care is administered in accordance with the patient’s wishes.

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Signing Requirements

A Minnesota health care directive must be signed by two witnesses or a notary public.^[1]

The appointed health care agent cannot act as a witness, and at least one witness cannot be providing health care for the principal.

Advance Directive (Preview)

Minnesota Advance Directive

Revocation

The principal can revoke their health care directive by any of the following^[2]:

Destroying the document.
Signing a written revocation.
Verbally expressing their intent to revoke it in the presence of two witnesses.
Creating and signing a subsequent health care directive.

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