Advance Directives

Advance Directives
(Lieutenant Governor's Office of Aging)

This site provides information in a question and answer format about the three South Carolina laws which address who can make health care decisions if you are unable to do so. These laws are about health care power of attorney, the living will (also known as the Declaration of a Desire for a Natural Death) and the Health Care Consent Act. Forms for living will and health care power of attorney are available in both English and Spanish, in .pdf format. A link to the text of the Adult Health Care Consent Act is also provided.

http://aging.sc.gov/legal/Pages/AdvanceDirectives.aspx

Advance Directives and Do Not Resuscitate Orders
(American Academy of Family Physicians)

Questions and answers about making important medical decisions.

http://www.aafp.org/afp/2000/1001/p1683.html

Caring Connections
(National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization)

This Web site focuses on end-of-life care. You'll find sections on caregiving, pain, grief, financial planning, and advance care planning, advance directives and living wills. The advance care planning section includes downloadable forms for living wills and medical powers of attorney.

http://www.caringinfo.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1

Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Form
(South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control)

DHEC Form Number 3462 (Do Not Resuscitate) is a document made to prevent EMS personnel from employing resuscitative measures or any other medical process that would only extend the patient's suffering with no viable medical reason to perform the procedure. The document is presented to the EMS personnel upon their arrival. A physician must request the form by calling the phone number on this Website. Discuss with your doctor whether you should have this form on hand in case of emergency.

http://www.scdhec.gov/library/d-3462.pdf

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Get an Advanced Directive
(National Healthcare Decisions Day)

Briefly describes advance directives: health care power of attorney and living will. Has links to sites about end-of-life planning, making and sharing your healthcare plans, and forms to record your wishes.

http://www.caringinfo.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3476

Forms and Applications
(South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS))

SCDHHS has provided access to legal health forms and applications in PDF format. Here you can find a Health Care Power of Attorney form, a Living Will form, and Medicaid applications in both English and Spanish.

https://www.scdhhs.gov/forms-and-applications

South Carolina
(SC Department of Mental Health)

Discusses how advance directives, such as living wills, medical power of attorney, and Do Not Resuscitate Orders work in South Carolina.

http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/804-97.htm

Last Modified: Tuesday May 27, 2014 10:27 AM