An Advance Health Care Directive
W.S. 35-22-403 — instructions oral or written, and a health care agent with a notary or two witnesses
An adult or emancipated minor may give health care instructions orally or in writing, and they can be set to apply only if a stated condition arises.
Who handles this in Wyoming: legal aid programs, lawyer referral and the state offices, listed in the Wyoming directory.
- A power of attorney for health care names an agent who can make any health care decision the person could have made, and it lasts through later incapacity.
- It is in writing and signed, and either acknowledged before a notary or signed by two witnesses.
- A treating provider or their employee, the agent named, or the operator or an employee of a care facility may not witness it.
- Unless it says otherwise, the agent's authority starts when the person is found to lack capacity, and stops if they recover it.
Revoking. Naming an agent is revoked only by a signed writing. Other parts can be revoked in any way that shows the intent. A divorce or legal separation revokes the naming of a spouse as agent, unless the decree or the document says otherwise.
Sources for this section (2)
- W.S. 35-22-403 — Advance health care directives
- W.S. 35-22-404 — Revocation of advance health care directive
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Wyoming attorney.