Title 155 · WI 155
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Citation: Wis. Stat. § 155.10
Section: 155.10
155.10
â
Power of attorney for health care instrument; execution; witnesses.
155.10(1)
(1)
â
A valid power of attorney for health care instrument shall be all of the following:
155.10(1)(a)
(a)
In writing.
155.10(1)(b)
(b)
Dated and signed by the principal or by an individual who has attained age 18, at the express direction and in the presence of the principal.
155.10(1)(c)
(c)
Signed in the presence of 2 witnesses who meet the requirements of sub. (2) .
155.10(1)(d)
(d)
Voluntarily executed.
155.10(2)
(2)
â
A witness to the execution of a valid power of attorney for health care instrument shall be an individual who has attained age 18. No witness to the execution of the power of attorney for health care instrument may, at the time of the execution, be any of the following:
155.10(2)(a)
(a)
Related to the principal by blood, marriage, or adoption, or the domestic partner under ch. 770 of the individual.
155.10(2)(b)
(b)
Have knowledge that he or she is entitled to or has a claim on any portion of the principalâs estate.
155.10(2)(c)
(c)
Directly financially responsible for the principalâs health care.
155.10(2)(d)
(d)
An individual who is a health care provider who is serving the principal at the time of execution, an employee, other than a chaplain or a social worker, of the health care provider or an employee, other than a chaplain or a social worker, of an inpatient health care facility in which the principal is a patient.
155.10(2)(e)
(e)
The principalâs health care agent.
155.10(3)
(3)
â
For purposes of sub. (1) (c) , âin the presence ofâ includes the simultaneous remote appearance by 2-way, real-time audiovisual communication technology if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
155.10(3)(a)
(a)
The signing is supervised by an attorney in good standing licensed by this state. The supervising attorney may serve as one of the remote witnesses.
155.10(3)(b)
(b)
The principal attests to being physically located in this state during the 2-way, real-time audiovisual communication.
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2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated
through 2025 Wis. Act 103 and through all Supreme Court Orders and Controlled Substances Board Orders filed before and in effect on April 3, 2026.
Published and certified under s. 35.18. Changes effective after April 3, 2026, are designated by NOTES.
(Published 4-3-26)