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Connecticut 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
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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 Connecticut directive
Connecticut's healthcare-directive statute is at Conn. Gen. Stat. §19a-575a et seq. The official form is the Health Care Instructions. 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 Connecticut directive
Conn. Gen. Stat. §19a-576(a): the appointment must be signed and dated in the presence of two adult witnesses who also sign the document, and the person appointed as health care representative may not act as a witness or sign it. Connecticut does not otherwise disqualify a relative, an heir, or an employee of a health care provider from witnessing. Two facility-specific rules do apply. Under §19a-576(b), for a person residing in a facility operated or licensed by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, at least one witness must not be affiliated with the facility and at least one must be a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or licensed clinical psychologist with specialized training in treating mental illness. Under §19a-576(c) the same pattern applies, with specialized training in developmental disabilities, for a facility operated or licensed by the Department of Developmental Services. The attestation that the maker appeared to be at least eighteen, of sound mind, and under no improper influence is drawn from the statutory forms at §19a-575a and §19a-577.
Recent Connecticut directive law changes
Connecticut permanent RON takes effect, estate documents excluded
Public Act 23-28 authorizes remote online notarization but explicitly excludes wills, codicils, trusts, powers of attorney, and healthcare instructions.
PA 23-28
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