Fill and Sign the That My Dying Shall Not Be Artificially Prolonged under the Circumstances Set Forth below and Do Hereby Declare Form

DECLARATION Declaration made this ______ day of _________________ (month, year). I, ____________________________ , being of sound mind, willfully and voluntarily make known my desire that my dying shall not be artificially prolonged under the circumstances set forth below and do hereby declare: If at any time I should have an incurable injury, disease or illness, or be in a continual profound comatose state with no reasonable chance of recovery, certified to be a terminal and irreversible condition by two physicians who have personally examined me, one of whom shall be my attending physician, and the physicians have determined that my death will occur whether or not life -sustaining procedures are utilized and where the application of life -sustaining procedure would serve only to prolong artificially the dying process, I direct (initial one only): _____ That all life -sustaining procedures, including nutrition and hydration, be withheld or withdrawn so that food and water will not be administered invasively. _____ That life -sustaining procedures, except nutrition and hydratio n, be withheld or withdrawn so that food and water can be administered invasively. I further direct that I be permitted to die naturally with only the administration of medication or the performance of any medical procedure deemed necessary to provide me w ith comfort care. In the absence of my ability to give directions regarding the use of such life -sustaining procedures, it is my intention that this declaration shall be honored by my family and physician(s) as the final expression of my legal right to ref use medical or surgical treatment and accept the consequences from such refusal. I understand the full import of this declaration and I am emotionally and mentally competent to make this declaration. Signed ____________________________________________ _ City, Parish, and State of Residence ____________________________ The declarant has been personally known to me and I believe him or her to be of sound mind. Witness ________________________________________ Witness ________________________________________