Healthcare Advance Planning Forms Chart

Summary

This forms chart provides Practical Guidance templates to assist attorneys with advising clients about healthcare advance planning matters in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and U.S. Virgin Islands. Healthcare advance planning documents, also called advance directives, outline what should take place in the event of a client's disability. The forms in this forms chart have various titles (including healthcare proxy, medical power of attorney, and living will), and they may be combined into one overarching form or separated into distinct forms. In either case, the purpose of these forms is to (1) designate and authorize an agent to make certain medical decisions on a client's behalf, and (2) detail the medical measures a person does or does not want in a variety of circumstances.