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North Carolina Living Wills Laws
More Information on Living Wills
| Code Section | 90-320, et seq. Right to Natural Death |
| Specific Powers, Life-Prolonging Acts | Declarant may instruct attending physicians to withhold extraordinary means to keep declarant alive whose condition is either terminal and incurable or who is in a persistent vegetative state as confirmed in writing by second physician which would only serve to postpone artificially the moment of death by sustaining, restoring, or supplanting a vital function |
| Legal Requirements for Valid Living Will | (1) Signed; (2) in the presence of 2 witnesses who believe declarant is of sound mind; (3) dated; (4) notarized or proved before a clerk; (5) specific form §90-321(a) |
| Revocation of Living Will | Revocable in any manner by which declarant is able to communicate his intent to revoke without regard for mental or physical state-effective upon communication to physician |
| Validity from State-to-State | - |
| If Physician Unwilling to Follow Durable Power of Attorney | - |
| Immunity for Attending Physician | Withholding or discontinuing of extraordinary means shall not be considered cause of death for civil or criminal purposes. These provisions may be asserted as a defense to any civil or criminal suits or charges filed against a health care provider |
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