2). The legal aspects of the document include the capacity of the producer and the document must be written, dated and signed by the producer, or in the presence of the producer (recognizing that the person signing and the witness is not an attorney or the spouse of an attorney in the directive ) (Health Care Guidelines Act, 1992). Manitoba's Health Care Directives Act (1992) explains that mental capacity and age of at least 16 years are important for making health care decisions and is necessary to establish a health care system