Advance Directives

Learn more about health care agents—who you can appoint to make health care decisions for you if you are incompetent—in this FAQ.

Learn more about health care representatives—who make health care decisions for you if you are incompetent and have not appointed a health care agent—in this FAQ.

​You should discuss any amendment or revocation of your directive with your doctor or attorney. If you choose to revoke the power of your health care agent, you should consider appointing someone else to act as your agent.

Plan ahead for end-of-life and other future health care with an advance health care directive.

Get an overview of Act 169, which governs advance health care directives and health care decision-making for incompetent patients.