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Advance Directive of (your name)_____________________ for Mental Health Care Decisionmaking

Part VI. Signature Page

By signing here I indicate that I understand the purpose and effect of this document.

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Your Signature

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Date

The directive above was signed and declared by the "Declarant," (your name)____________________
___________________ , to be his/her mental health care advance directive, in our presence who, at his/her request, have signed names below as witness. We declare that, at the time of the execution of this instrument, the Declarant, according to our best knowledge and belief, was of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. We further declare that none of us is: 1) a physician; 2) the Declarant's physician or an employee of the Declarant's physician; 3) an employee or a patient of any residential health care facility in which the Declarant is a patient; 4) designated as agent or alternate under this document; or 5) a beneficiary or creditor of the estate of the Declarant.

Dated at _____________________________________________ (county, state),

this ___________________ day of ___________________, 19____.

Witness Signatures

Witness 1:

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Signature of Witness 1

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Name of Witness 1 (printed)

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Home address of Witness 1

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City, State, Zip Code of Witness 1

Witness 2:

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Signature of Witness 2

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Name of Witness 2 (printed)

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Home address of Witness 2

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City, State, Zip Code of Witness 2


(for use by the notary):

State of_________________, County of ___________________________

Subscribed and sworn to or affirmed before me by the Declarant,

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and (names of witnesses)

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witnesses, as the voluntary act and deed of the Declarant, this ___________ day of ___________, _____________.

My commission expires:

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Notary Public

Record of Psychiatric Advance Directive

Keep this form and give a copy to your agent, if you have appointed one.

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My name

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My health care agent's name

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My address

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My health care agent's address

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My date of birth

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My health care agent's telephone number(s)

I have given copies of this form to:

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Name

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Address or phone

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Name

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Address or phone

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Name

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Address or phone

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Name

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Address or phone

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Name

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Address or phone

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Name

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Address or phone

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Name

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Address or phone

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1101 15th Street, NW, Suite 1212
Washington, DC 20005

Phone: 202-467-5730
Fax: 202-223-0409
Email: webmaster@bazelon.org

 
Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
1101 15th Street, NW, Suite 1212
Washington, DC 20005

Phone: 202-467-5730
Fax: 202-223-0409
Email: webmaster@bazelon.org