Medical Power of Attorney in Idaho

In Idaho, a health care agent is named within the advance care planning document (ACPD); the document may nominate one or more health care agents and list their contact information and relationship. The same signing rules apply: the person's signature (or authorized agent's) and date, plus the required identifying information; witnesses and notarization are optional.

Since 2023, Idaho uses an advance care planning document. Any competent adult 18 or older may sign one; it must include the person's name, date of birth, phone number and mailing address, signature (or that of an authorized agent) and date, and it may name one or more health care agents. Witnesses and notarization are optional. The Department of Health and Welfare may provide an optional form.

Since 2023, Idaho uses an "advance care planning document" (ACPD) instead of a separate statutory living will. Any competent person 18 or older may sign one. To be valid it must include the person's name, date of birth, telephone number and mailing address, the signature of the person (or their authorized agent), and the date signed. It may include end-of-life and resuscitation instructions, treatment objectives, pregnancy instructions and HIPAA release instructions. Blank sections do not invalidate it. Witnesses and notarization are optional. The Department of Health and Welfare may provide an optional form.

Idaho has an optional "Idaho Statutory Form Power of Attorney" for finances (Idaho Code 15-12-301). A power of attorney must be signed by the principal, or by another person in the principal's conscious presence at the principal's direction; the signature is presumed genuine if acknowledged before a notary public or other official authorized to take acknowledgments (15-12-105). For health care, Idaho uses an advance care planning document (ACPD) that must contain the person's name, date of birth, phone number and postal address, the person's (or an authorized agent's) signature, and the signing date; witnesses and notarization are optional, and the Department of Health and Welfare may publish an optional, non-mandatory form (Idaho Code 39-4510).