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Make your Arkansas healthcare directive.
Tell doctors what care you want and name someone to speak for you if you can't. Legally valid in Arkansas. Free to create, or add secure online document storage with the $29/year subscription.
Arkansas healthcare directive requirements
How it works
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Answer a few questions
About your care preferences and who you want making decisions.
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Download your healthcare directive
A complete, personalized document, formatted for Arkansas.
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Sign and share
Sign in front of 2 adult witnesses. Give a copy to your healthcare agent and your doctor.
What governs a Arkansas directive
Arkansas's healthcare-directive statute is at Ark. Code §20-17-201 et seq.. The official form is the Declaration. Your directive is valid the moment it's signed under your state's witness and notary rules above; it only takes effect if your physician determines you can't make or communicate decisions yourself.
Who can witness your Arkansas directive
Ark. Code §20-17-202(b)'s statutory declaration form requires two witnesses. Witness 1 attests only that he or she is not the declarant's proxy. Witness 2 attests that he or she is not the proxy, is not related to the declarant by blood, marriage, or adoption, and would not be entitled to any portion of the declarant's estate. Will.com applies a single conservative drafting overlay so both witnesses confirm (i) they are at least eighteen years of age, (ii) they are not the declarant's healthcare proxy or any alternate, (iii) they are not related to the declarant by blood, marriage, or adoption, (iv) they would not be entitled to any portion of the declarant's estate, and (v) they are not the declarant's attending physician or a healthcare facility employee where the declarant is a patient. Items (iv) and (v) beyond §20-17-202(b)'s minimum are Will.com conservative drafting practice; items (i) through (iii) match the statutory form.
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