Illinois Advance Directive Form

Illinois does not have a statewide registry for advance directives. The declarant should provide copies of their directive to their healthcare provider, their family members, and their agent.

The advance directive can be revoked at any time by the declarant by the physical destruction of the form, by a written revocation, or by an oral expression of their intent to revoke the declaration.^[2]

In Illinois law, an advance directive is referred to as a “health care agency.”

“Health care agency” means an agency governing any type of health care, anatomical gift, autopsy or disposition of remains for and on behalf of a patient and refers, in either hard copy or electronic format, to the power of attorney or other written instrument defining the agency or the agency, itself, as appropriate to the context.^[3]

A statutory form of an advance directive is made available by Illinois state law. However, the use of this form is not mandatory, and other specific directions may be included.^[4]