Texas Advance Directive Form

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A Texas advance directive communicates a person’s health care instructions and appoints an agent to make medical decisions if they become incapacitated. The form states whether the preparer consents to life-prolonging treatment and what they wish to happen to their remains.

Texas Advance Directive Form

A Texas advance directive communicates a person’s health care instructions and appoints an agent to make medical decisions if they become incapacitated. The form states whether the preparer consents to life-prolonging treatment and what they wish to happen to their remains.

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Last updated May 8th, 2024

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A Texas advance directive communicates a person’s health care instructions and appoints an agent to make medical decisions if they become incapacitated. The form states whether the preparer consents to life-prolonging treatment and what they wish to happen to their remains.

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Signing Requirements

An advance directive is valid if signed by two adult witnesses or acknowledged before 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 or heir 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