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Pennsylvania Advance Medical and Health Care Directive  

Pennsylvania
Advance Health Care
Directive Law Summary

Pennsylvania Statutes at 20 PA.C.S. CH. 56
 

bullet link An advance health care directive
bullet link Declaration is a written document
bullet link Life sustaining treatment
bullet link Permanently unconscious
bullet link Qualified patient
bullet link Terminal condition
bullet link Execution of Declaration
bullet link Witnesses
bullet link A declaration is not required to be in the statutory form
bullet link Revocation

In Pennsylvania a Living Will is called an Advance Directive for Health Care.
 
Here are the most important definitions you should know before you start preparing your Living Will:
 
A "declaration" is a written document voluntarily executed by the Declarant in accordance with Pennsylvania Statutes at 20 PA.C.S. CH. 56.
 
"Life sustaining treatment" is any medical procedure or intervention that, when administered to a qualified patient, will serve only to prolong the process of dying or to maintain the patient in a state of permanent unconsciousness. Life sustaining treatment includes nutrition and hydration administered by gastric tube or intravenously or any other artificial or invasive means if the declaration of a qualified patient specifically provides.
 
"Permanently unconscious" is a medical condition that has been diagnosed in accordance with currently accepted.
 
A "qualified patient" is a person who has executed a declaration and who has been determined to be in a terminal condition or to be permanently unconscious.
 
A "terminal condition" is an incurable and irreversible medical condition caused by injury, disease or physical illness which will, in the opinion of the attending physician, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, result in death regardless of the continued application of life sustaining treatment.

Execution of Declaration

An individual of sound mind who is 18 years of age or older or who has graduated from high school or has married may execute at any time a declaration governing the initiation, continuation, withholding or withdrawal of life sustaining treatment.

Witnesses

The declaration must be signed by the Declarant, or by another on behalf of and at the direction of the Declarant, and must be witnessed by two individuals each of whom is 18 years of age or older. A witness shall not be the person who signed the declaration on behalf of and at the direction of the Declarant.

Form

A declaration is not required to be in the statutory form and may include other specific directions, including, but not limited to, the designation of another person to make the treatment decision for the Declarant if the Declarant is incompetent and is determined to be in a terminal condition or to be permanently unconscious.

Revocation

A declaration may be revoked at any time and in any manner by the Declarant without regard to the Declarants mental or physical condition.
 
A revocation is effective upon communication to the attending physician or other health care provider by the Declarant or a witness to the revocation.
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