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Pennsylvania · Through 2026-03-18 (Statute Update stamp, 20 Pa.C.S.)

20 Pa.C.S. § 5433: Forms.

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  1. Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES
  2. CHAPTER 54 HEALTH CARE
  3. SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

(a) Substance of forms.--

(1) An advance health care directive may be in the form provided under Subchapter D (relating to combined form) or in any other written form that contains the information required under Subchapters B (relating to living wills) and C (relating to health care agents and representatives).

(2) A Commonwealth agency that licenses health care providers or regulates health care may not prescribe a mandatory form of an advance health care directive.

(b) Combining forms.--A living will and health care power of attorney may be combined into one document.

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