| Advance
Directives
Pursuant
to Public Act 06-195, An Act Concerning Revisions
To Department of Public Health Statutes, new requirements
on advance directives take effect on October 1, 2006.
The Office of the Attorney General has released official forms
that should be used by hospitals to update their advance directives
and patient self-determination materials. (Please note:
all forms executed prior to October 1, 2006 are still valid.)
The four new official documents are:
a
summary
of Connecticut law on healthcare decisions;
a
form
living will;
a
form
appointing a health care representative; and
a
unified
form combining the living will and appointing a health
care representative.
These
documents can also be found on the Office
of Attorney General website.
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