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?An advance directive allows you to decide who you want to make health care decisions for you if you are unable to do so yourself. You can also use it to say what kinds of treatments you do or don't want, especially the treatments often used in a medical emergency or near the end of a person's life. Health Care Agent.

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.

Written advance directives must be dated and signed in front of two witnesses. An oral advance directive needs to be made by talking to your health care provider in front of one witness. Your agent cannot be a witness. If you want to make sure that your instructions are followed, put it in writing.

As mentioned above, in Maryland, you should have your POA notarized and witnessed. The notary public can act as one of the two required witnesses.

Advance directives (like a health care proxy and living will) document future care preference and are difficult to interpret in an emergency. Advance directives are for everyone 18 years of age and older. MOLST is a set of medical orders that defines life-sustaining treatment the patient wants to receive or avoid now.

Nearly any adult can be a witness. If you name a health care agent, though, that person may not be a witness. Also, one of the witnesses must be a person who would not financially benefit by your death or handle your estate. You do not need to have the form notarized.