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- STATUTORY DECLARATION IN CONFORMANCE WITH INDIANA LIVING
- WILL AND LIFE-PROLONGING PROCEDURES ACT, INDIANA CODE
- 16-8-11-12
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- LIVING WILL DECLARATION OF _____________________
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- Declaration made this __________ day of
- _________________ 19________. I ,____________, being at least
- eighteen (18) years old and of sound mind, willfully and
- voluntarily make known my desires that my dying shall not be
- artificially prolonged under the circumstances set forth below,
- and I declare:
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- If at any time I should have an incurable and
- irreversible injury, disease, or illness certified in writing
- to be a terminal condition by my attending physician, and my
- attending physician has determined that my death will occur in a
- short period of time, and the use of life-prolonging procedures
- would serve only to artificially prolong the dying process, I
- direct that such procedures be withheld or withdrawn, and that I
- be permitted to die naturally with only the provision of
- appropriate nutrition and hydration and the administration of
- medication and the performance of any medical procedure deemed
- necessary to provide me with comfort care or to alleviate pain.
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- In the absence of my ability to give directions
- regarding the use of such life prolonging delaying procedures,
- it is my intention that this declaration shall be honored by my
- family and physician as the final expression of my legal right
- to refuse medical or surgical treatment and accept the
- consequences of the refusal.
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- I understand the full import of this declaration.
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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
- I believe him or her to be of sound mind. I did not sign the
- declarant's signature above for or at the direction of the
- declarant. I am not a parent, spouse, or child of the declarant.
- I am not entitled to any part of the declarant's estate or
- directly financially responsible for declarant's medical care.
- I am competent and at least eighteen (18) years old.
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- Witness _________________________________________________
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- Witness _________________________________________________
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- Date: _______________________
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