Must a durable power of attorney for health care designation document be witnessed?
Yes. A designation must be executed in the presence of and signed by two witnesses. The witnesses must not include your spouse, parent, child, grandchild, sibling, presumptive heir, known devisee at the time of the witnessing, physician, or patient advocate; an employee of your life or health insurance provider; an employee of a health facility that is treat you; or an employee of a home for the aged where you reside as defined in section 20106 of the Public Health Code, Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, being Section 333.20106 of the Michigan Complied Laws.
