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Make your South Carolina healthcare directive.
Tell doctors what care you want and name someone to speak for you if you can't. Legally valid in South Carolina. Free to create, or add secure online document storage with the $29/year subscription.
South Carolina 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 South Carolina.
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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 South Carolina directive
South Carolina's healthcare-directive statute is at S.C. Code §62-5-501 et seq.. The official form is the Health Care Power of Attorney / Declaration. 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 South Carolina
The Declaration of a Desire for a Natural Death records your wishes about life-sustaining procedures if you have a terminal condition or are in a state of permanent unconsciousness. The companion Health Care Power of Attorney appoints your agent. See S.C. Code §44-77-50.
Who can witness your South Carolina directive
I am not related to the Principal by blood, marriage, or adoption, either as a spouse, lineal ancestor, descendant of the parents of the Principal, or spouse of any of them. I am not directly financially responsible for the Principal's medical care. I am not entitled to any portion of the Principal's estate, whether under any will of the Principal or as an heir by intestate succession, nor am I the beneficiary of an insurance policy on the Principal's life, nor do I have a claim against the Principal's estate. I am not the Principal's attending physician, nor an employee of the attending physician. I am not appointed as Health Care Agent or Successor Health Care Agent in this document. No more than one of the witnesses to this Health Care Power of Attorney is an employee of a health care facility in which the Principal is a patient. (S.C. Code §62-5-503(a)(3); §62-5-504)
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