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- STATUTORY DECLARATION IN CONFORMANCE WITH VIRGINIA
- NATURAL DEATH ACT VA. CODE SECTION 54-325.8:4
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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
- voluntarily make known my desires that my dying shall not be
- artificially prolonged under the circumstances set forth below,
- do declare:
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- If at any time I should have a terminal condition
- and my attending physician has determined that there can be no
- recovery from such condition and my death will is imminent,
- where the application of life-sustaining 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- such procedures be withheld or withdrawn, and that I be permitted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 administration of medication or
- 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-sustaining 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 from such refusal.
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- I understand the full import of this declaration and
- I am emotionally and mentally competent to make this
- declaration.
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- Signed:
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- ________________________________________
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- City of residence: __________________________________________
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- County of residence: ________________________________________
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- State of residence: _________________________________________
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- Date: _____________________
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- The declarant is known to me and 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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