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- STATUTORY DECLARATION IN CONFORMANCE WITH ARIZONA
- MEDICAL TREATMENT DECISION ACT, AZ. REV. STAT. 36-3202
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- DECLARATION OF __________________________
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- Declaration made this __________ day of ________________
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- 19________. I ,___________________, being of sound mind, willfully and
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- voluntarily make known my desires that my dying shall not be
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- artificially prolonged under the circumstances set forth below
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- and declare that:
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- If at any time I should have an incurable injury,
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- disease, or illness certified to be a terminal condition by
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- two physicians who have personally examined me, one of whom
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- is my attending physician, and the physicians have determined
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- that my death will occur unless life-sustaining procedures are
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- used and if the application of life-sustaining procedures would
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- serve only to artificially prolong the dying process, I direct
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- that such procedures be withheld or withdrawn, and that I be
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- permitted to die naturally with only the administration of
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- medication, food or fluids or the performance of any medical
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- procedures deemed necessary to provide me with comfort care.
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- In the absence of my ability to give directions
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- regarding the use of such life-sustaining procedures, it is
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- my intention that this declaration shall be honored by my
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- family and physicians as the final expression of my legal right
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- to refuse medical or surgical treatment and accept the
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- consequences from such refusal.
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- I understand the full import of this declaration and
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- I have the emotionally and mental capacity to make this
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- declaration.
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- ________________________________________
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- City of residence: _________________________________________
- County of residence: _______________________________________
- State of residence: ________________________________________
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- Date: ________________________________
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- The declarant has been personally known to me and
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- I believe him or her to be of sound mind.
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- Witness _________________________________________________
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- Witness _________________________________________________
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- Date: _________________________
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