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An advance directive is a written instruction that you make while you are mentally competent that states how you want your health care decisions to be made if you become incapacitated or cannot express your wishes.

Note: You do not need to notarize your Alabama Advance Directive. Whom should I appoint as my proxy? Your proxy is the person you appoint to make decisions about your healthcare if you become unable to make those decisions yourself.

This section of the advance directive form is called a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care. It lets you appoint a specific person who is at least 19 years of age to make health care decisions for you if you are too sick to make decisions for yourself. This person will be called your Health Care Proxy.

An Alabama medical power of attorney form is a document that lets you appoint another person (called your ?agent?) to make medical decisions for you if you become incapacitated. In Alabama, a medical power of attorney is also known as a Health Care Proxy and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care.

You must be at least 19 years old to set up an advance directive. You must be able to think clearly and make decisions for yourself when you set it up. There is an exception for pediatric patients when a physician determines the patient is terminally ill and there is no hope for recovery.

To create a living will in Alabama, the individual must be an alert and capable adult 19 years of age or older and capable of understanding the consequences of withholding treatment. The living will must be a dated written document signed by the creator of the living will in the presence of two or more witnesses.