Get Nh Advance Directive 2015-2025

The New Hampshire Advance Directive is a crucial legal document that allows individuals to express their health care wishes. This guide will provide step-by-step instructions on how to fill out the form effectively and ensure your preferences are recorded appropriately.

Follow the steps to complete your NH Advance Directive online:

1. Use the ‘Get Form’ button to access the NH Advance Directive form and open it in your preferred editor.
2. Identify the person you wish to appoint as your health care agent. Fill in their name, address, and ensure that this individual is someone you trust to make health care decisions on your behalf.
3. If desired, choose an alternate health care agent. This step is similar, requiring the same details as provided for the primary agent.
4. Review the section titled 'Statement of desires, special provisions, and limitations regarding health care decisions.' Here, you can specify your preferences for life-sustaining treatments.
5. Initial next to your choices under the life-sustaining treatment section, indicating whether you wish to withhold or continue treatment in specific circumstances.
6. Complete the medically administered nutrition and hydration section, where you indicate your preferences regarding receiving nutrition and hydration.
7. In the additional instructions area, include any other specific wishes or limitations you have regarding your health care.
8. Provide your signature and date the form. If needed, the directive may be signed by another person on your behalf, but only under your direction.
9. Ensure that the document is signed in the presence of either two witnesses or a notary public or justice of the peace.
10. Once finalized, save your changes, and be sure to print or share the directive with your designated agents and health care providers.

Take the next step in your health care planning by filling out your NH Advance Directive online.