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Connecticut Living Wills Laws
More Information on Living Wills
| Code Section | 19a-570, et seq. Removal of Life Support Systems |
| Specific Powers, Life-Prolonging Acts | Any medical procedure or intervention serving only to postpone the moment of death or maintain individual in a state of permanent unconsciousness including artificial means of nutrition/hydration, artificial respiration, CPR, but does not include comfort care and pain alleviation |
| Legal Requirements for Valid Living Will | (1) 18 yrs.; (2) signed; (3) dated; (4) presence of 2 witnesses; (5) in substantially form of §19a-575a |
| Revocation of Living Will | May be revoked at any time in any manner |
| Validity from State-to-State | - |
| If Physician Unwilling to Follow Living Will | Physician shall act as promptly as practicable and take all reasonable steps to transfer patient to complying physician. |
| Immunity for Attending Physician | Physician withholding, removing life-support system of an incapacitated patient shall not be civilly or criminally liable if decision was based on physician's (1) best medical judgment; (2) physician deems patient in a terminal condition; (3) patient's wishes were considered according to an executed document |
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