Virginia’s Advance Directive Registry

Virginia is one of 13 States that administer legislatively authorized health care advance directive registries:

Information on Virginia’s Registry is as follows:

• Administrator: Department of Health, Connect Virginia Exchange

• Legislation: Va. Code Ann. § 54.1-2994, enacted 2008

• Website: https://www.connectvirginia.org/adr/

• Eligible Documents: Documents for submission to the registry include living wills, anatomical gifts and health care powers of attorneys and must be notarized

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