Utah Advance Health Care Directive and Power of Attorney for Health Care Medical Decision-Making and Advance Care Planning

Utah Advance Health Care Directive and Power of Attorney for Health Care Medical Decision-Making and Advance Care Planning
$12.99

Make your medical wishes known and appoint someone you trust to speak for you if you become unable to make or communicate your own health-care decisions.

This comprehensive Utah document combines an Advance Health Care Directive with a Power of Attorney for Health Care, allowing you to:

• Appoint a trusted Health Care Agent
• Name an Alternate Agent if your first choice cannot serve
• Authorize your Agent to make health-care decisions
• Grant access to medical records and protected health information
• Identify people your Agent should consult
• State your wishes regarding life-sustaining treatment
• Address artificial nutrition and hydration
• Provide instructions regarding comfort care and pain relief
• Record your personal values, priorities, and treatment goals
• Include spiritual, religious, or cultural wishes
• Grant or restrict certain mental-health and long-term-care powers
• Nominate a guardian if court involvement becomes necessary
• Provide organ and tissue-donation instructions
• Add customized medical instructions and limitations

The document also includes an optional Agent Acknowledgment, information explaining the Agent’s responsibilities, a required qualified-witness section, and clear completion and execution instructions.

Format: Digital Download
Length: 9 Pages
State: Utah
Documents Included: Advance Health Care Directive and Power of Attorney for Health Care
Use: Medical Decision-Making and Advance Health-Care Planning
Governing Law: Utah Code Title 75A, Chapter 9

Complete the document at your own pace, discuss your wishes with your Agent and loved ones, and provide copies to your Agent, Alternate Agent, physician, hospital, and other health-care providers. The document must be signed with one qualified adult witness. Notarization is not required and does not replace the witness.

Important: This self-help legal document template is provided for general informational purposes and is not legal or medical advice. It is not an Order for Life Sustaining Treatment. Individual circumstances may vary. Consult a Utah-licensed attorney or qualified health-care professional if you need personalized guidance.