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OH · Health Care Power of Attorney
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Tell doctors what care you want and name someone to speak for you if you can't. Legally valid in Ohio once signed under the Ohio signing rules below. Free to create, or add secure online document storage with the $29/year subscription.
Ohio 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 Ohio.
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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 Ohio directive
Ohio's healthcare-directive statute is at Ohio Rev. Code §§1337.11-1337.17 (Health Care POA); §§2133.01-2133.15 (Living Will / declarations regarding life-sustaining treatment). The document is called a Health Care 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.
Living will companion in Ohio
In this state, a separate living will document records your end-of-life treatment preferences.
Witness rules for your Ohio directive
A witness may not be the agent or alternate agent, related to the principal by blood, marriage, or adoption, the principal's attending physician, or the administrator of any nursing home in which the principal is receiving care (Ohio Rev. Code §1337.12(B)).
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