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If you ever become incapacitated and unable to make your own health care decisions, your loved ones and health care providers may not know what treatment choices to make on your behalf. A health care directive and living will, sometimes referred to as an advance directive for health care, is a legal document you can use to make your end-of-life medical treatment preferences clear. With a health care directive and living will, you can relieve your loved ones from potentially agonizing over difficult treatment choices for you in the future.
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Decide on your medical preferences
In your health care directive and living will, also sometimes known as an advance directive for health care in Alabama, you will make decisions on a variety of hypothetical medical circumstances. You will need to decide whether you would want to undergo life-sustaining treatment if you become terminally ill. f you are uncertain about these important decisions, it’s a good idea to discuss them with your health care provider and trusted family members.
Choose your health care proxy
You have the option of naming a health care proxy in your health care directive and living will or on a separate document. With a health care proxy designation, you name a trusted person to make medical decisions for you if you are unable to make them for yourself. Under Alabama law, the health care proxy’s duty is to make medical care choices in accordance with the specific instructions in your health care directive and living will. You should choose someone you trust who knows you and your personal beliefs well for this role.
Sign your health care directive and living will
You must sign your health care directive and living will or direct someone to sign it for you. There should be at least two witnesses present when you sign. The witnesses must not be relatives, your health care proxy, or beneficiaries to your will. If someone signed your health care directive and living will on your behalf, this person does not count as a witness either. Anyone who is responsible for paying your health care bills cannot be a witness. You may need to ask a notary, attorney, or others to act as your health care directive and living will witnesses.
Distribute and store your health care directive and living will
It’s important that your health care proxy and other family members know about your health care directive and living will and where to find it. You should also give copies of your health care directive and living will to your health care proxy, your doctors, and any other health agencies you use. You could also store your health care directive and living will with one of several online living will registries. These registries allow medical professionals to access your health care directive and living will in the case of an emergency.
Update your health care directive and living will
You should update your health care directive and living will periodically. A good rule of thumb is to review your health care directive and living will at least every few years. There are also certain life circumstances that may make you rethink your choices. If you have received a new diagnosis, have gone through a divorce, or have simply had a change of heart, you should create an updated health care directive and living will to reflect your new situation.

You May Want to Speak With a Lawyer if:
- Your family disagrees with your medical choices
- You don’t know who to appoint as your agent
- You have questions about life prolonging measures
- You want legal review of your completed document
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There are a few standard requirements that you must fulfill in order to create a valid Alabama health care directive and living will:
- You must be a competent adult, age 19 or older.
- The health care directive and living will must be in writing
- The health care directive and living will must be in substantially the same form as the statutory living will form. However, it does not need to be exactly the same and can include additional specific directions.
- You need to sign and date the health care directive and living will or direct someone to sign and date it for you.
- There must be at least two witnesses present when you sign your health care directive and living will. They must be at least 19 years old.
The following people cannot be your health care directive and living will witnesses under Alabama law:
- Relatives
- Anyone who stands to inherit from you
- Anyone who is financially responsible for your healthcare
- Your health care proxy
- If someone signed your health care directive and living will for you, this person does not qualify as one of the required witnesses either.
This list may eliminate most of the people in your close inner circle. You may need to ask friends, coworkers, your attorney, a notary public, or other community members to do so.
A health care directive and living will only takes effect in the event that you become seriously ill or injured. Alabama law contains specific additional criteria before the health care directive and living will goes into effect. The laws state that a health care directive and living will becomes effective when both of the following are true:
- The attending medical doctor determines that the patient is no longer able to understand and direct their medical treatment choices.
- The attending medical doctor and another physician have personally examined the patient. After the examination, they diagnose the patient with a terminal illness, terminal injury, or a state of permanent unconsciousness.
Note that under Alabama law, a health care directive and living will is not effective during pregnancy.
Yes, a health care directive and living will that you created in another state and in accordance with that state’s laws is valid under Alabama law. But if you have moved to Alabama from another state, it is a good idea to create a health care directive and living will that is customized to Alabama law. This will eliminate the risk that any provisions in your out-of-state health care directive and living will could be prohibited in Alabama. With FindLaw, you can create a health care directive and living will tailored to Alabama law for only $35.
A divorce does not completely invalidate an Alabama health care directive and living will. But if you named your former spouse as your health care proxy, a divorce revokes this provision.
If you have gone through a divorce, it’s a good idea to create a new health care directive and living will. This way, you can make your updated wishes clear and choose a new health care proxy. If you want to keep your former spouse as your health care proxy, you will need a new health care directive and living will to make it clear that this is really your preference despite the divorce.
In Alabama, your health care proxy’s decisions can take precedence over your health care directive and living will on end-of-life and life-sustaining treatments. If you would prefer that your living will would govern in this situation, that needs to be clear in the document itself.
You can revoke your Alabama health care directive and living will in a few ways:
- Make a written revocation of your health care directive and living will
- Make a verbal revocation of your health care directive and living will. There must be at least one witness age 19 or older to your verbal revocation. They must then sign and date a written confirmation of your revocation.
- Tear, burn, obliterate, or otherwise physically destroy the health care directive and living will with intention to revoke.
When you revoke a health care directive and living will, you should let your family members and health care proxy know about it. If you stored your living will with a health care directive and living will registry, you should then contact them to remove your revoked health care directive and living will. After revoking your health care directive and living will, you should consider creating a new one that reflects your new medical care preferences.
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