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Tell doctors what care you want and name someone to speak for you if you can't. Legally valid in Colorado. Free to create, or add secure online document storage with the $29/year subscription.
Colorado 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 Colorado.
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Sign and share
Sign with Two witnesses OR notarization (disjunctive — either satisfies §15-18-106(1) execution). Give a copy to your healthcare agent and your doctor.
What governs a Colorado directive
Colorado's healthcare-directive statute is at Colo. Rev. Stat. §15-14-506 (MDPOA); §§15-18-101 et seq. (Declaration as to Medical Treatment / living will); §15-18.7-101 et seq. (MOST, separate document). The official form is the Medical Durable Power of Attorney. 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 Colorado directive
For Living Will Declarations, §15-18-106(2) provides that the persons specified in §15-18-105 may not serve as a witness, notary public, or other officer taking acknowledgment. The §15-18-105 list comprises: (a) the attending physician or any other physician; (b) an employee of the attending physician or the health-care facility in which the declarant is a patient; (c) any person with a claim against the declarant's estate at the time of signing; and (d) any person who knows or believes he or she is entitled to a portion of the declarant's estate as a beneficiary under an existing will or as an heir at law.
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