Your medical wishes,
documented.
If something happens to you tomorrow, does your family know what you want? A healthcare directive puts your wishes on record — and helps lift an impossible burden from the people you love.
LOGANAdvance Health Care Directive
Last revised May 2026
Form
CA Probate Code § 4701
What is a healthcare directive?
A healthcare directive is a legal document that records your medical wishes and designates someone to make healthcare decisions on your behalf if you are unable to do so yourself.
California uses a statutory Advance Health Care Directive form established under California Probate Code Section 4701 — a state-approved form that covers your healthcare agent, end of life preferences, organ donation, and primary physician designation.
Without one, medical providers may not know who has authority to speak for you, and your family may face difficult decisions without any documentation of your wishes.
- Family uncertainty
- Medical providers without guidance
- No documented wishes
- Documented wishes
- Designated healthcare agent
- Family clarity
Everything your directive documents.
Healthcare Agent
Designate a trusted person to make medical decisions on your behalf if you become incapacitated. Name a backup agent in case your first choice is unavailable.
End of Life Preferences
Document your wishes around life-sustaining treatment, artificial nutrition, and pain management so your family and doctors have a record of what you want.
Organ and Tissue Donation
Record your donation preferences so your wishes are on file without requiring your family to decide under pressure.
Primary Physician
Designate your primary care physician so medical providers know who coordinates your care.
What happens without one.
Americans will face a period of incapacity before death where they cannot communicate their own medical decisions.
of people say they would follow a loved one's end of life wishes — but only 30% have those wishes documented anywhere.
Court-ordered guardianship proceedings, when no directive exists, can take months and cost thousands of dollars in legal fees.
Completed in minutes.
Tell us your wishes
Answer plain-English questions about your healthcare preferences, your designated agent, and your end of life wishes. Takes about 10 minutes.
We generate your directive
Logan populates California's statutory Advance Health Care Directive form with your answers and delivers it instantly.
Sign and store
Sign in front of two witnesses or a notary. We provide California-specific signing requirements with every document. Store your signed directive in your Logan vault.
No credit card required.
Part of your complete estate plan.
A healthcare directive works alongside your living trust and power of attorney. Logan generates all three as part of a coordinated document package.
Living Trust
governs your assets
Healthcare Directive
governs your medical decisions
Power of Attorney
governs your finances
You need a healthcare directive if…
You are over 18
Any adult can become incapacitated. Age is not a factor.
You have medical preferences
If you have views on life-sustaining treatment, artificial nutrition, or pain management, documenting them puts them on record.
You have a partner or spouse
In California, spouses do not automatically have authority to make medical decisions for each other without a healthcare directive in place.
You want to reduce family burden
Documenting your wishes provides your family with a record to follow rather than asking them to decide for you during an already difficult time.
You already have a trust or will
A healthcare directive completes your document package. Without it, your financial documents are in place, but your medical wishes are not on record.
Document your wishes today.
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Yes. Logan uses California's statutory Advance Health Care Directive form established under California Probate Code Section 4701. This is the state-approved form accepted by California medical providers and healthcare institutions.
A living will documents end of life preferences. A healthcare directive includes end of life preferences and also designates a healthcare agent who can make decisions across a broader range of medical situations. California's statutory form combines both into one document.
A healthcare agent is the person you designate to make medical decisions if you cannot. Logan does not provide guidance on who to name — that is your decision. Common choices include a spouse, adult child, or close friend.
Your healthcare agent's authority activates only when you are determined to be unable to make or communicate your own healthcare decisions. While you have capacity your agent has no authority under the directive.
Your healthcare directive must be signed in front of either two qualified witnesses or a notary public. Witnesses cannot be your healthcare agent, a healthcare provider, or an heir to your estate. Logan provides California-specific signing instructions with every document.
Yes. You can revoke or update your healthcare directive at any time. All Logan members can update their directive through their dashboard at any time.
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