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Alabama Living Wills Laws
More Information on Living Wills
| Code Section | 22-8A Natural Death Act |
| Specific Powers, Life-Prolonging Acts | Any medical procedure or intervention serving only to prolong the dying process and where death will occur whether or not such intervention is utilized; does not include medication or any medical procedure deemed necessary to provide comfort care or pain alleviation |
| Legal Requirements for Valid Living Will | (1) Competent adult; (2) in writing; (3) signed by declarant; (4) dated; (5) signed in presence of 2 or more witnesses over 19; (6) declaration should be substantially in statutory format |
| Revocation of Living Will | Revocable at any time by (1) destruction of document in manner intending to cancel; (2) execution of written revocation by declarant; (3) oral revocation in presence of adult witness (over 19) |
| Validity from State-to-State | Declaration executed in another state is valid if valid under laws of that state |
| If Physician Unwilling to Follow Living Will | Physician shall permit the patient to be transferred |
| Immunity for Attending Physician | No criminal, civil, or professional liability for physician acting in good faith pursuant to reasonable medical standards and pursuant to a declaration |
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