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- @001 State the name of the declarant:
- @002 IF A TERMINAL DIAGNOSIS EXISTS State Dr.'s name:
- @003 IF A TERMINAL DIAGNOSIS state city, state of Dr.:
- @004 State the declarant's city of residence:
- @005 State the declarant's county of residence:
- @006 State the declarant's state of residence:
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- #5740
- /* Texas Living Will--- Form */
- DIRECTIVE TO PHYSICIANS AS PROVIDED BY TEXAS NATURAL
- DEATH ACT SECTION 3
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- DIRECTIVE TO PHYSICIANS
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- Directive made this _________________ day of ___________. I
- @001, being of sound mind, willfully and voluntarily make known
- my desire that my life shall not be artificially prolonged under
- the circumstances set forth below, and do hereby declare:
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- 1. If at any time I should have an incurable condition
- caused by injury, disease or illness certified to be a terminal
- condition by two physicians, and where the application of life-
- sustaining procedures would serve only to artificially prolong
- the moment of my death and where my attending physician
- determines that my death is imminent whether or not
- life-sustaining procedures are utilized, I direct that such
- procedures be withheld or withdrawn, and that I be permitted to
- die naturally.
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- 2. In the absence of my ability to give directions regarding
- the use of such life-sustaining procedures, it is my intention
- that this directive shall be honored by my family and
- physician(s) 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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- 3. If I have been diagnosed as pregnant and that diagnosis is
- known to my physician, this directive shall have no force or
- effect during the course of my pregnancy.
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- 4. I have been diagnosed and notified at least 14 days ago as
- having a terminal condition by @002, M.D., whose address is
- @003.
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- I understand that if I have not filed in the physician's name and
- address, it shall be presumed that I did not have a terminal
- condition when I made out this directive.
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- 5. This directive shall be in effect until revoked.
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- 6. I understand the full import of this directive and I am
- emotionally and mentally competent to make this directive.
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- 7. I understand that I may revoke this directive at any time.
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- Signed _________________________________________________
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- @001
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- City of residence: @004
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- County of residence: @005
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- State of residence: @006
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- The declarant has been personally known to me and
- I believe him or her to be of sound mind. I am not related to the
- declarant by blood or marriage, nor would I be entitled to any
- portion of the declarant's estate on his decease, nor am I the
- attending physician of declarant or an employee of the attending
- physician or a health facility in which the declarant is a
- patient or any person who has a claim against any portion of the
- estate of the declarant upon his decease.
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- Witness:
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- __________________________________________________
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- Witness:
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- __________________________________________________
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- Witness:
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- __________________________________________________
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- STATE OF TEXAS
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- COUNTY OF _______________________
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- Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day
- personally appeared @001, _________________________________ and
- __________________________ and _________________________________
- known to me to be the declarant and witnesses whose names are
- subscribed to the foregoing instrument in their respective
- capacities, and, all of said persons being by me duly sworn, the
- declarant @001 declared to me and to the said witnesses in my
- presence that the said instrument is his Directive to Physicians,
- and that he willingly and voluntarily made and executed it as his
- free act and deed for the purposes therein expressed.
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- Declarant:
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- ___________________________________________________________
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- @001
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- Subscribed and acknowledged before me by the said Declarant
- @001 and by the said witnesses ___________________________ and
- _____________________________ on This ______________ day of
- ___________________________________________, 19______.
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- ______________________________________________
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- Notary Public in and for
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- ___________________________ County, Texas
-