New Hampshire Advance Directive Form

A New Hampshire advance directive defines a person’s end-of-life medical preferences and appoints an agent to communicate health care decisions on their behalf. The document allows the person to specify whether or not they want life-sustaining treatments when they are near death, and ensures that the agent will see that their instructions are followed.

New Hampshire Advance Directive Form

A New Hampshire advance directive defines a person’s end-of-life medical preferences and appoints an agent to communicate health care decisions on their behalf. The document allows the person to specify whether or not they want life-sustaining treatments when they are near death, and ensures that the agent will see that their instructions are followed.

Last updated May 3rd, 2024

A New Hampshire advance directive defines a person’s end-of-life medical preferences and appoints an agent to communicate health care decisions on their behalf. The document allows the person to specify whether or not they want life-sustaining treatments when they are near death, and ensures that the agent will see that their instructions are followed.

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Signing Requirements

An advance directive must be signed by two witnesses or a notary public.[1]

The witnesses cannot be any of the following:

  • The principal’s agent or surrogate.
  • The principal’s spouse or heir.
  • Entitled to part of the principal’s estate.
  • The attending practitioner or person under their direction.

Furthermore, only one of the witnesses may be the principal’s care provider or their employee.

Advance Directive (Preview)

Revocation

An advance directive can be revoked by any of the following[2]:

  • A written revocation delivered to the agent, surrogate, or care provider.
  • Oral revocation in the presence of two witnesses.
  • Executing a subsequent advance directive.
  • Divorce, legal separation, annulment, or protective order if the agent/surrogate is the principal’s spouse.