§ 40:1153.2 — Illustrative form; military advance medical directives

Louisiana § 40:1153.2

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 40: Public Health and Safety

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§1153.2. Illustrative form; military advance medical directives
The following is an illustrative form of a military advance medical directive
suggested for use by military personnel or other eligible persons who reside in the state of
Louisiana:
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF ________________
This is a MILITARY ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVE prepared pursuant
to Title 10, United States Code, Section 1044(c). It was prepared by an attorney who
was authorized to provide legal assistance for an individual who was eligible to receive
legal assistance. Federal law exempts this advance medical directive from any
requirement of form, substance, formality, or recording that is provided for advance
medical directives under the laws of a State. Federal law specifies that this advance
medical directive shall be given the same legal effect as an advance medical directive
prepared and executed in accordance with the laws of the State concerned. (This
paragraph must be in bold type.)
Additionally, this form is specifically designed for use under Louisiana law. It is
suggested for use by any person authorized to receive legal assistance from the military
service in accordance with federal or state law, who by these presents represents and warrants
that he is so eligible. Any person to whom this form is presented may conclusively rely on
the authority purportedly granted hereunder.
BE IT KNOWN on this ___ day of ______, 19__, before me, an attorney authorized
to render legal assistance to persons eligible for legal assistance under the provisions of 10
U.S.C. 1044 or the regulations of the Department of Defense, personally came and appeared
_________________________, who declared that he is a member of the
________________________, a branch of the military designated in R.S. 40:1153.1, or is
otherwise included thereunder, and did execute and sign the following declaration:
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 procedures would serve only to prolong artificially the dying process, I direct that
such procedures, including hydration and sustenance, be withheld or withdrawn and 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 with comfort care.
[[Optional:] In the absence of my ability to give further directions regarding the use
of such life-sustaining procedures, I authorize __________________, caretaker, to make
treatment decisions on my behalf and I have discussed my desires concerning terminal care
with this person and I trust his/her judgment on my behalf.]
Should my caretaker be an absent person or cease or otherwise fail to act or if a
caretaker has not been named in this declaration, it is my intention that this declaration 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.
I understand the full import of this declaration and I am emotionally and mentally
competent to make this advance medical directive.
Signed: ____________________
City, Parish, and State of Residence ____________________

Legislative History

Acts 1997, No. 1057, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.61 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.