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- SUMMARY OF STATE LIVING WILL LEGISLATION
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- WISCONSIN
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- Synopsis: Wisconsin has a strong living will statute. The statute
- requires that physicians record the fact of execution of a
- living will in the patient's medical records. The statute
- requires that physicians/hospitals who decline to implement
- living wills to assist in transferring the patient. To prepare a
- living will using the State of Wisconsin recommended form, please
- select living will preparation from the opening menu. Remember
- that the publisher recommends preparing a "uniform" living will
- in addition to the form suggested with by the State of Wisconsin.
- Please also consider executing a living will for any State that
- you spend more than a few weeks per year, or where you are a
- temporary resident.
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- Statute number: Wis. Stat. 154.01
- Statute title: "Wisconsin Natural Death Act"
- Governmental Agency to contact for more information: None
- specified
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- A specific form of living will is suggested
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- Witness requirements: Number: 2 Relationship: Witnesses may
- not be related by blood or marriage, may not be entitled to
- inherit either under a will or by the laws of intestacy of the
- declarant, and may not be a member of the attending medical
- staff. Individuals who are not members of the attending medical
- staff may nevertheless be witnesses.
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- Recording of the living will is not provided for
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- Revocation of the living will may be made by tearing, defacing,
- burning, etc. It may also be revoked in writing. It may be
- verbally revoked if the fact of the revocation is communicated to
- the attending physician. The fact of revocation is to be noted on
- the patient's medical records.