Making the Health Care Directive Legal
To be legally sufficient in this state, a health care directive must:
| (1) | be in writing; |
| (2) | be dated; |
| (3) | state the principal’s name; |
| (4) | be executed by a principal with capacity to do so with the signature of the principal or with the signature of another person authorized by the principal to sign on behalf of the principal; |
| (5) | contain verification of the principal’s signature or the signature of the person authorized by the principal to sign on behalf of the principal, either by a notary public or by witnesses as provided under this chapter; and |
| (6) | include a health care instruction, a health care power of attorney, or both. |
