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WV · Combined Medical Power of Attorney and Living Will
Make your West Virginia healthcare directive.
Tell doctors what care you want and name someone to speak for you if you can't. Legally valid in West Virginia once signed under the West Virginia signing rules below. Free to create, or add secure online document storage with the $29/year subscription.
West Virginia 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 West Virginia.
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Sign and share
Sign in front of 2 adult witnesses and a notary. 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 a West Virginia directive
West Virginia's healthcare-directive statute is at W. Va. Code §16-30-1 et seq. The official form is the Combined Medical Power of Attorney and Living Will. 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 West Virginia directive
W. Va. Code §16-30-4(b): a witness may not be (1) the person who signed for the principal at direction, (2) related to the principal by blood or marriage, (3) entitled to any portion of the principal's estate under any will or codicil of the principal, (4) directly financially responsible for the principal's medical care, (5) the attending physician, or (6) the principal's medical power of attorney representative or successor representative. Under §16-30-4(a)(2), the document is executed by the principal, or, if the principal is physically unable to do so, by another person in the principal's presence at the principal's express direction. Under §16-30-4(a)(5), the witnesses sign and attest it, and their signatures and attestations are acknowledged before a notary public. The witness declaration printed on the statutory form at §16-30-4(g) states that the witness did not sign the principal's signature for or at the direction of the principal.
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