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SUMMARY OF STATE LIVING WILL LEGISLATION
KANSAS
Synopsis: Kansas has a strong living will statute. The statute
requires that doctors and hospitals comply with living wills,
and upon a terminal diagnosis, the physician must comply with
the directive or transfer the patient to another facility or
doctor who will follow the patient's desires. A physician once
notified of a living will's existence must make it a part of
the patient's records. To prepare a Kansas living will using
the state suggested form, please type select this option 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 Kansas. 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.
Statute number: Kansas Statutes, 65-28
Statute title: "Kansas Natural Death Act"
Governmental Agency to contact for more information: None
specified
A specific form of living will is suggested
Witness requirements: Number: 2 Relationship: Witnesses may
not be related by blood or marriage, may not be directly
responsible for the medical costs of the declarant and must be
over 18 years of age. Further, the witnesses must not be
beneficiaries of any will or codicil, or those entitled to
distribution by the intestacy laws of the state.
Recording of the living will is not provided for by the statute
Revocation of the living will may be made by tearing, defacing,
burning, etc. It may be verbally revoked in the presence of a
a witness aged 18 or older. The witness must reduce the
revocation to writing and sign and date the same.