Make your Indiana healthcare directive.

How it works

1. 1

   Answer a few questions

   About your care preferences and who you want making decisions.

2. 2

   Download your healthcare directive

   A complete, personalized document, formatted for Indiana.

3. 3

   Sign and share

   Sign in front of 2 adult witnesses, or in front of a notary instead. Not everyone can witness it, so read the witness statement on the document before you choose. Give a copy to your doctor and to any healthcare agent and alternate agent you named.

What governs an Indiana directive

Indiana's healthcare-directive statute is at Ind. Code §16-36-7-1 et seq. 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.

Witness rules for your Indiana directive

I am at least 18 years of age. I am signing this advance directive in the declarant's presence as one of two (2) adult witnesses under Ind. Code §16-36-7-28(c)(1), and at least one of the two witnesses is not the declarant's spouse or other relative. I did not sign the declarant's name on this advance directive; under Ind. Code §16-36-7-28(b)(2) a person who signs for the declarant may not be a witness, the notarial officer, or a health care representative designated in the directive. As an alternative to witnesses, §16-36-7-28(c)(2) permits the declarant to sign or acknowledge this directive before a notarial officer who completes and signs a notarial certificate; only one of the two paths must be satisfied.