Louisiana Living Will Declaration Form

The Louisiana living will is a straightforward document that expresses a declarant's desires with respect to life-supporting treatments and therapies when in a critical medical or untreatable condition. Any adult can make a written statement inasmuch as they create it in a state of sound health and mind. It is the obligation of the declarant to guarantee that their doctor knows about it and that the document is available when needed.

Louisiana living will

Louisiana Living Will Declaration Form

Definition 

  • § 1151.1(4) 

  • "Declaration" signifies a report, assertion or statement that is duly witnessed and is intentionally made by the declarant, approving the withdrawal or denial of life-supporting methodologies, as per the necessities of this Subpart. A declaration may recorded as a hard copy, orally, or by different methods for nonverbal communication.

Step by step instructions to write a Louisiana living will

Stage 1 – Establishment of Declarant/Principal – The data below should be duly entered: 

  • The top of the document must be dated in this pattern: dd/mm/yyyy  

  • The complete legitimate name of the declarant/principal must be entered.

Stage 2 – Declarant/Principal End of Life Selections – The next segment of the document must be carefully evaluated by the Declarant 

  • Once evaluated, the end-of-life treatment or therapy must be selected by initialing the line that precedes the choice you want to make. 

  • The rest of the document should be properly read and the following data of the Declarant must be entered:

    • signature 

    • city 

    • county 

    • residential state

Stage 3 – Witnesses – It is required for the document to be signed by two witnesses and the paragraph that is meant for the witness should be read. 

  • The document should be signed by the witnesses  if they are in agreement

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