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Arizonans can now record
their health care directives in the secure and confidential Advance
Directive Registry at the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office
thanks to a new public/private partnership with Health Care Decisions
a project of Hospice of the Valley. The joint venture is funded by
Health Care Decisions and maintained by our office. In order to file
an advance directive you first need to prepare a directive. That’s
where Health Care Decisions come in. Review their information included
with this literature about advance directives. Most importantly make
your choice, prepare a directive, sign it, and get it notarized or
witnessed. Once you’ve got an advance directive prepared file
a copy of the directive with us. Why? So it will be readily available
and accessible to those who’ll need it the most in an emergency. |
ABOUT THE ARIZONA ADVANCE DIRECTIVE REGISTRY
Purpose: The Arizona Advance Directive Registry is a place to store
a copy of your advance directive. The Directory is a way for your advance
directive to be available where and when it is needed. Access to a central
database via computer will expedite patient’s health requests.
The Secretary of State’s Registry is maintained and operated by
the Secretary of State’s Office under Arizona law.
Services: Our staff is available 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
except state holidays to answer questions about filing your advance directive
with our office. Call 602.542.6187 or visit www.azsos.gov. Instructions
on how to file and a form are included with this information. If you
have questions about how to prepare an advance directive, please contact
Health Care Decisions at 602.222.2229.
Need: In order to honor an advance directive, your agent, physician,
hospital or nursing home must be aware of it and what it says. The Arizona
Advance Directive Registry empowers you and lets you decide who will
be able to review your advance directive.
Funder: Health Care Decisions, a project of Hospice of the Valley, financially
supports the Registry under the first public/private partnership in the
nation to allow citizens to record their health care directives. The
annual operating cost of the registry is approximately $60,000. No taxpayer
money is being used to fund the Registry. Operating costs are supported
through community donations and grants to Health Care Decisions.
The Arizona Advance Directive Registry is maintained by the Arizona
Secretary of State’s Office. 602.542.6187 www.azsos.gov
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