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MD · Advance Directive
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Tell doctors what care you want and name someone to speak for you if you can't. Legally valid in Maryland. Free to create, or add secure online document storage with the $29/year subscription.
Maryland 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 Maryland.
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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 Maryland directive
Maryland's healthcare-directive statute is at Md. Code Health-Gen. §5-601 et seq.. The official form is the Advance Directive. 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 Maryland directive
Md. Health-Gen. §5-602(c)(2)(ii): the health care agent of the declarant may not serve as a witness to the advance directive. Combined with the §5-602(c)(2)(i) rule that at least one witness must not knowingly be a beneficiary of the principal's estate or otherwise entitled to any portion of the declarant's estate, the practical result is that the named agent is structurally barred from witnessing and at least one second witness must be disinterested by estate-share.
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