An Ohio living will tells your doctors whether to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment if you are in a terminal condition or permanently unconscious and cannot decide for yourself. An Ohio living will tells your doctors whether to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment if you are in a terminal condition or permanently unconscious and cannot decide for yourself.
For Ohio residents and families: living will declaration.
What you'll need
Read the supplied packet before filling in its fields.
Follow this document's signing, identification, witness and filing instructions.
How to complete it
Fill in your choices (Page 1) Initial the nutrition and hydration statement only if you agree, and name anyone to be notified.
Sign one of two ways (Pages 2–3) Sign before two qualified adult witnesses (Page 2) or a notary (Page 3). Many people choose the notary because witnesses must meet strict rules. We can also provide witnesses for an additional fee.
Donor registry (Page 3, optional) Ohio requires printed living will forms to include a detachable donor registry enrollment form. Complete and send it to the BMV only if you wish to be a donor.
An Ohio declaration for mental health treatment lets you state your treatment preferences in advance and name a proxy to make mental health decisions if a crisis leaves you unable to decide.
This is Ohio’s statutory form for choosing who will make decisions about your funeral, burial, or cremation, and for recording your preferences and how they should be paid for.
An Ohio health care power of attorney names someone (your “attorney in fact”) to make health care decisions for you if you lose the capacity to decide. It does not cover finances.
Federal privacy law (HIPAA) limits who doctors, hospitals, and insurers can talk to about you. This authorization lets the people you name receive your health information so they can help you.
These forms are a free convenience, not legal advice. First Choice Mobile Notary & Apostille is not a law firm. Consult an attorney licensed in the relevant state for legal questions.