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Tell doctors what care you want and name someone to speak for you if you can't. Legally valid in Oregon once signed under the Oregon signing rules below. Free to create, or add secure online document storage with the $29/year subscription.
Oregon 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 Oregon.
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Sign and share
Signed by the principal AND either witnessed and signed by at least two adults OR notarized by a notary public. 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 health care representative and alternate health care representative you named.
What governs an Oregon directive
Oregon's healthcare-directive statute is at Or. Rev. Stat. §§127.505–127.660 (Oregon Health Care Decisions Act); statutory form at §127.529. The official form is the Advance Directive. Last verified 2026-05. 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 Oregon directive
Witnesses may not be the principal's attending physician or attending health care provider, or the appointed health care representative or alternate. Or. Rev. Stat. §127.515(4). If the principal is a patient in a long-term-care facility at signing, one of the witnesses must be an individual designated by the facility and qualified under Department of Human Services rule. Or. Rev. Stat. §127.515(5).
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