20 Pa. C.S. § 5447

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-95
Section 5447 - Form

A living will may be in any written form expressing the wishes of a principal regarding the initiation, continuation, withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment and may include other specific directions, including, but not limited to, designation of a health care agent to make health care decisions for the principal if the principal is determined to be incompetent and to have an end-stage medical condition or is permanently unconscious. An example of a living will appears in the combined form set forth in Subchapter D (relating to combined form).

20 Pa.C.S. § 5447

2006, Nov. 29, P.L. 1484, No. 169, §4, effective in 60 days [ 1/29/2007].