Maryland Advance Directive

Jurisdiction: Maryland
Purpose: Medical & health care
Source / form version: Accessible text edition based on May 2024 form and booklet; ten pages
Resource format: PDF
Signing: Sign with two competent adult witnesses; the agent cannot witness and at least one witness cannot knowingly benefit financially from your death. Notarization is not required.

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Sources checked: 2026-11-13. General information, not individual legal advice.

A state-published planning packet

Maryland’s accessible packet includes explanations, the advance directive, and a separate optional After My Death form. Part I selects a health care agent; Part II records treatment preferences; Part III supplies signatures. You may complete either decision section or both, but must complete the signature requirements for your directive.

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Review the effectiveness choice

The agent section lets you choose immediate authority subject to your continuing right to decide, or authority during the incapacity circumstances described in the form. It also includes limitations, people to consult, and access to health information. Use initials where requested rather than replacing those choices with checkmarks.

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Sign and distribute complete copies

Use two qualified witnesses. The chosen agent cannot witness, and at least one witness must not knowingly inherit or gain another financial benefit at your death. Keep the completed sections and witness page together. Share them with your agent, backups, and providers. A MOLST is a clinician-created medical order for current treatment; this advance directive does not itself create those orders.

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Common questions

Do I send the signed form back to the Attorney General?

No. The packet says not to return completed forms to that office. Give copies to the people and providers who may need to use them.

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