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Whether or not your home state calls for an official notarization by a notary public, every state in the U.S. requires your advance directive to be signed by witnesses. Some states require both witnesses and notary publics to sign advance directives.

In Hawaii, you can complete an ?advance mental health directive? that expresses your preferences and instructions about your mental health treatment. Within this directive, you can also designate an ?agent? to make mental health care and mental health treatment decisions on your behalf when you lack capacity.

If you do not have 2 witnesses, your Advance Directive must be notarized. You have the right to revoke or change your Advance Directive at any time orally or in writing.

(g) An agent shall make a health-care decision in ance with the principal's individual instructions, if any, and other wishes to the extent known to the agent. Otherwise, the agent shall make the decision in ance with the agent's determination of the principal's best interest.

Definition of an Advance Directive A written instruction, such as a living will or durable power of attorney for health care, recognized under state law (whether statutory or as recognized by the courts of the State), relating to the provision of health care when the individual is incapacitated.

The two most common advance directives for health care are the living will and the durable power of attorney for health care. Living will: A living will is a legal document that tells doctors how you want to be treated if you cannot make your own decisions about emergency treatment.