INSTRUCTIONS
1. Attach the EMES Card to your driver license or id in the sleeve provided and place it in your wallet.
2. Choose an agent (family member, friend or acquaintance) whom you trust to make medical and after-life decisions consistent with your wishes should you be incapable of doing so because of illness or accident. It is preferable, but not necessary, to choose an alternate as well.
3. Choose a Rabbi who will decide any Halachic questions that may arise.
4. Notify these individuals and have them consent to be your agent and Halachic authority.
5. Fill out the EMES wallet card and have two witnesses sign.
6. Choose and fill out a Halachic Health Care Proxy/Living Will. A Health Care Proxy names the agent(s) and/or Rabbi to follow your wishes in making medical decisions. A Living Will specifies the medical directives you may choose. A Halachic Health Care Proxy/Living Will directs that these decisions be in accordance with Halachah and guided by the Rabbi named therein.
7. Agudath Israel of America and the Rabbinical Council of America have developed forms for a Halachic Health Care Proxy/Living Will. Agudath Israel calls it “The Halachic Medical Directive” (there are 18 versions, depending on the state you reside in). The RCA calls it “The Halachic Health Care Proxy”.
8. Register your Halachic Health Care Proxy/Living Will at the US Living Will Registry. The Agudah and the OU have arranged for this to be done at no charge and have provided instructions on how to do so.
9. To download or for further information about these forms and their registry, or for any questions about this project, visit us at www.nasck.org. You may also contact NASCK at info@nasck.org or at 718-847-6280.
10. Take a card and sleeve for all other adult family members as well.
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