Signing Requirements
An advance directive must be acknowledged by a notary public or signed by two witnesses.[1]
A witness cannot be:
- Related to the principal by blood or marriage.
- A person entitled to the principal’s estate.
- The attending physician.
- An employee of the attending physician or health facility.
- A person with a claim against the principal’s estate.
Advance Directive (Preview)
Revocation
The principal can revoke an advance directive at any time, regardless of their mental state, by doing any of the following[2]:
- Destroying the document (or ordering someone to do so in their presence)
- Executing a written or oral revocation and notifying the attending physician