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

In Tennessee, notarization can serve as an alternative to witnesses for a healthcare proxy.Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-11-1803Verified Jul 15, 2026 Either witnesses or notarization satisfies the execution requirements.

Tennessee allows Remote Online Notarization (RON) for healthcare proxies.Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-11-1803Verified Jul 15, 2026 The notarization can be completed via secure video call with an approved RON provider. The state also accepts out-of-state RON.

To execute a healthcare proxy in Tennessee: Find 2 adults to serve as witnesses. Review witness restrictions to ensure eligibility. Get the document notarized (standard practice, not required). Remote notarization is available; whether the document itself may be signed electronically is unresolved

Yes. Tennessee has an explicit reciprocity statuteTenn. Code Ann. § 68-11-1803(h)Verified Jul 15, 2026: a healthcare directive executed in another state is honored in Tennessee if it was valid under the principal's domicile law. Tennessee Health Care Decisions Act (2004) modeled on UHCDA but not a formal adoption per ULC. Per Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-11-1803(h), an advance directive executed outside TN by a nonresident is valid if it complies with TN law or the laws of the state of the principal's residence — domicile-based, not place-of-execution-based. Title 34 Ch.6 Pt.2 has a parallel out-of-state provision at § 34-6-215. The document portability tool covers reciprocity rules in detail.