This form allows you to communicate your wishes about medical treatment of your spouse, child, or ward if that person is diagnosed as suffering from a terminal condition and you are unable to communicate your desires for their treatment.
This form allows you to communicate your wishes about medical treatment of your spouse, child, or ward if that person is diagnosed as suffering from a terminal condition and you are unable to communicate your desires for their treatment.
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Advance directives include legal documentation such as a living will, power of attorney and do not resuscitate (DNR) orders. The directive documents identify who will make decisions if the patient is unable to and who will be involved in their final care.
The DIRECTIVE must be witnessed by two competent adults, or the declarant's signature of the DIRECTIVE may be acknowledged by a notary public.
The Medical Power of Attorney and the Mental Health Treatment Declaration must be in substantially the same form as written in the law. For a directive to physicians, you may write out your wishes, sign the paper, have it witnessed by the required people and it is effective.
The most common types of advance directives are the living will and the durable power of attorney for health care (sometimes known as the medical power of attorney).
There are two main elements in an advance directive?a living will and a durable power of attorney for health care. There are also other documents that can supplement your advance directive. You can choose which documents to create, depending on how you want decisions to be made.
Through advance directives, you can make legally valid decisions about your future medical treatment. You do not need a lawyer to complete your advance directives. However, you should be aware that each state has its own laws for creating advance directives.
There are two main types of advance directive ? the ?Living Will? and the ?Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care.? There are also hybrid documents which combine elements of the Living Will with those of the Durable Power of Attorney. A Living Will is the oldest type of health care advance directive.
Texas Law. Allows an individual, including a minor, through a Medical Power of Attorney, to designate an agent to make health care decisions on that individual's behalf if the individual's doctor certifies that the individual is incompetent to make such decisions.
(a) Except as provided by Section 166.032(b-1), a written directive executed under Section 166.033 or 166.035 is effective without regard to whether the document has been notarized. (2) a person use a form provided by the physician, health care facility, or health care professional.
A Directive to Physicians is a legal form, also known as a ?Living Will.? It communicates your wishes about medical treatment at some time in the future, but only if your condition is irreversible or terminal. It speaks for you when you cannot speak for yourself.