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#define.stb Definitions of legal terms
#help.tut Extra help
SUMMARY OF STATE LIVING WILL LEGISLATION
MISSOURI
Synopsis: Missouri has a strong living will statute.
If a patient has executed a living will, it is to be made a
part of the patient's medical records. A physician/hospital
which does not want to effectuate a living will must take all
reasonable steps to transfer the patient. To prepare a Missouri
living will using the state suggested 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 Missouri.
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: Missouri Statutes Section 459.010
Statute title: "Missouri Uniform Rights of the Terminally Ill Act"
Governmental Agency to contact for more information: None
specified
A specific form of living will is suggested
Witness requirements: Number: 2 over the age of 18 years
Relationship: No qualifications are set in the statute
Recording of the living will is not provided for
Revocation of the living will may be made whether or not the
declarant is mentally competent, by "any manner in by which
the declarant is able to communicate an intent to revoke";
In addition, a separate writing revoking the same is effective
and the living will can be revoked by physical destruction of the
same.