A Pennsylvania living will is a legal document that states the health care treatments a patient (the “principal”) wishes to receive upon losing their ability to communicate. The terms of the form are related to end-of-life care, life-sustaining procedures, and organ donation. The principal will outline their health care decisions in Part 2 of the document linked on this page.
A Pennsylvania living will is a legal document that states the health care treatments a patient (the “principal”) wishes to receive upon losing their ability to communicate. The terms of the form are related to end-of-life care, life-sustaining procedures, and organ donation. The principal will outline their health care decisions in Part 2 of the document linked on this page.
Laws – Title 20, Chapter 54, Subchapter B (Living Wills)
Signing Requirements (§ 5442) – Two (2) Witnesses
Statutory Form – § 5471
Statute – § 5422
“Living will.” A writing made in accordance with this chapter that expresses a principal’s wishes and instructions for health care and health care directions when the principal is determined to be incompetent and has an end-stage medical condition or is permanently unconscious.
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