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The Alabama Advance Directive can establish an individual’s personal choices concerning specific medical procedures should they be mentally or physically incapable in the future. It also allows the principal to assign a trusted person to make any unspecified calls within the register. To put this document into effect, users should supply all the details within the corresponding fields and execute their signatures while being observed by witnesses. Upon completion, the paperwork can be filed with a physician, family member, or close friend to assure your wishes are carried out.
This document contains the following sections:
- Part I: Living Will
- Part II: Designation of Health Care Proxy
Laws
Statutes – Code of Alabama – Natural Death Act (§ 22-8A-1 – 22-8A-9)
Definition – “Advance directive for health care” means a writing executed in accordance with Section 22-8A-4 which may include a living will, the appointment of a health care proxy, or both such living will and appointment of a health care proxy (§ 22-8A-3(3)).
Signing Requirements – The document requires verified signatures from the principal and two (2) disinterested witnesses to create enforceability of the arrangement (§ 22-8A-4(c)(4)).
Revocation – § 22-8A-5
Other Versions (8)
- AARP (Caring Connections)
- Baptist Health
- Five Wishes (Aging with Dignity)
- Homestead Hospice
- Huntsville Hospital
- NMHCS Version
- Prepare for Your Care
- Spanish/Español Version
AARP (Caring Connections) Version
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Five Wishes (Aging with Dignity) Version
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North Mississippi Health Services Version
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Prepare for Your Care Version (also available in Spanish/en Español)
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Additional Resources
- Alabama Hospital Association – Advance Directives
- Alabama Hospital Association – Health Choices Brochure (also available in Spanish/en Español)
- Alabama State Bar – Advance Health Care Planning Brochure
- Medical Association of the State of Alabama – Identifying the Proper Documentation for End of Life Care
- Mizell Memorial Hospital – Advance Directive (Living Will)
- Tanner Health System – Advance Directives
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