Signing Requirements
An advance directive requires the signatures of two witnesses or a notary public.[1]
The following persons may not act as a witness:
- A healthcare provider or their employee
- The attorney-in-fact (agent)
- The operator of a residential or community care facility or their employee
Advance Directive (Preview)
Revocation
An advance directive can be revoked by a principal with capacity in any way that expresses the intent to revoke.[2] However, an agent’s authority can only be revoked by a signed document.
Oral revocations must be recorded promptly in a written statement signed and dated by the principal or a witness of the revocation.