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- SUMMARY OF STATE LIVING WILL LEGISLATION
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- VIRGINIA
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- Synopsis: Virginia is a strong living will state. If a terminal
- diagnosis has been made, a patient can elect to have a living
- will orally, if done in the presence of two witnesses and
- a physician. The state law also permits the living will to
- also designate an individual who may make treatment decisions
- for the patient if the patient is unable to communicate. The
- law requires that physicians either effectuate the living ill
- or make a "reasonable effort" to transfer the patient. To prepare
- a living will using the State of Virginia 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 Virginia. 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: Virginia Code, Section 54-325.8
- Statute title: "Natural Death Act of Virginia"
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- Governmental Agency to contact for more information: None
- specified
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- A specific form of living will is suggested by state law
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- Witness requirements: Number: 2, over the age of eighteen; no
- special requirements are provided by the Virginia Statute.
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- Recording of the living will is not provided for by the statute
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- Revocation of the living will may be made by destroying the
- living will (burning, tearing) or by a separate writing which
- revokes the will. An oral revocation is valid if the same is
- communicated to the physician.