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About these forms
These are the official Arizona advance care planning documents, provided here for your convenience. We recommend reviewing them with your doctor and loved ones before signing. Most require a witness or notary, and the prehospital DNR must be printed on orange paper to be valid. Questions? Call us at (602) 755-4508.
Complete Packet
The complete advance directive packet from the Arizona Attorney General. Bundles the planning checklist, Health Care Power of Attorney, Living Will, Mental Health Power of Attorney, prehospital DNR, and registration agreement in one document. Start here if you are not sure which form you need.
PDF · 23 pages · Updated 04/2026
Directive
Name a trusted person (your “agent”) to make medical decisions for you if you become unable to make them yourself. Also covers your autopsy, organ donation, and funeral or burial wishes.
PDF · 5 pages · Updated 08/2025
Directive
Put your end-of-life care wishes in writing for a terminal condition, persistent vegetative state, or irreversible coma. Best completed alongside, and attached to, your Health Care Power of Attorney.
PDF · 3 pages · Updated 08/2025
Directive
Appoint an agent to make mental health care decisions for you if a qualified doctor determines you are unable to make those decisions yourself.
PDF · 3 pages · Updated 04/2026
Medical Order
Tells emergency responders not to attempt resuscitation. Signed by you and your doctor, and kept where first responders can find it quickly.
Under Arizona law, this form must be printed on orange paper to be valid.
PDF · 2 pages · Updated 07/2024
Medical Order
Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment. A portable medical order completed with your provider for people living with a serious, life-limiting illness. This is a medical order, not an advance directive.
PDF · 2 pages
Registration
Register your completed advance directives with the Arizona Healthcare Directives Registry (AzHDR), a free service for secure electronic storage and provider access in an emergency.
PDF · 3 pages
Directive
A nationally recognized advance directive that addresses your personal, emotional, and spiritual wishes alongside your medical ones, all in plain, everyday language.
PDF · 12 pages
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