Patient & Visitor
Advance Medical Directive
Overview and Form

The Regional Medical Center at Memphis (The MED) complies with state and federal laws, as well as JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) standards requiring us to determine whether a patient has executed an Advance Medical Directive:

  • We will ask each adult patient (age 18 and over) whether he/she has executed an Advance Medical Directive (i.e. living will or durable power of attorney for health care).
  • We will provide written information to our patient, upon admission, describing his or her rights under Tennessee law to make decisions concerning health care, including the right to accept or refuse medical or surgical treatment and the right to formulate Advance Medical Directives.
  • We will document that paragraphs (A) and (B) in the Advance Medical Directive form (see link below) have been complied with.
  • We will place a copy of any Advance Medical Directive received in the patient’s medical record.
  • We will refer the patient to the Social Work Services, or the Pastoral Care Services department, if he/she wishes to formulate an Advance Medical Directive.
  • We will advise the attending physician whenever an Advance Medical Directive has been placed in the patient's medical record.

Download or View the Advanced Medical Directive Form

 

Related Links

  Advance Care Plan Form
  Advanced Directive
  Patient Rights/Responsibilities