What Do I Need to Sign My Healthcare Proxy in Kentucky?

In Kentucky, notarization can serve as an alternative to witnesses for a healthcare proxy.KRS 311.623Verified Jul 15, 2026 Either witnesses or notarization satisfies the execution requirements.

Yes. A healthcare proxy can be executed entirely remotely in Kentucky — the signing happens in a live video session with an online notary (KRS 311.625). No witnesses are needed in the session.KRS 311.623Verified Jul 15, 2026

To execute a healthcare proxy in Kentucky: Find 2 adults to serve as witnesses. Review witness restrictions to ensure eligibility. Get the document notarized (standard practice, not required). Sign remotely in a live video session with an online notary

Generally yes. Kentucky accepts out-of-state healthcare directives in practice, but doesn't have an explicit reciprocity statute, so recognition rests on hospital practice and emergency-care doctrine.KRS 311.637(6)Verified Jul 15, 2026 Per KRS 311.637(6): Kentucky law does not preclude or restrict advance directives made outside KRS 311.621-311.643, and does not preclude medical personnel from following other written advance directives consistent with accepted medical practice. This is a non-preclusion clause rather than an affirmative reciprocal recognition statute — it keys on neither the principal's domicile nor the place of execution, so principalDomicileHonored and placeOfExecutionHonored are both false. There is no out-of-state recognition provision within KRS 311.621-311.643. The document portability tool covers reciprocity rules in detail.