A Practice Note explaining heath care incapacity planning in New Jersey. An advance health care directive in New Jersey may include a proxy directive, an instruction directive, or a combination of a proxy directive and instruction directive. Other documents that clients use for health care incapacity planning include a HIPAA Release, a Do Not Resuscitate Order (DNR), and a Practitioner Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST). This Note provides information on the purpose of advance health care directives and other health care incapacity planning documents, capacity standards for executing these documents, requirements for health care institutions and providers, and information on organ donation and disposition of remains.