Signing Requirements
Two adult witnesses. The person appointed as agent shall not act as witness to execution of the health care proxy.[1]
Laws
Statute – Article 29-C
State Definition – An advance directive means a type of written or oral instruction relating to the provision of health care when an adult becomes incapacitated, including but not limited to a health care proxy, consent to the issuance of an order not to resuscitate or other medical orders for life-sustaining treatment (MOLST) recorded in a patient’s/resident’s medical record, and a living will.[2]