2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 19a-578. Proof of living will document or document appointing health care agent out of court. Physician to make documents and oral communications re health care and withdrawal of life support systems part of medical record.

      Sec. 19a-578. Proof of living will document or document appointing health care agent out of court. Physician to make documents and oral communications re health care and withdrawal of life support systems part of medical record. (a) Any or all of the attesting witnesses to any living will document or any document appointing a health care agent may, at the request of the declarant, make and sign an affidavit before any officer authorized to administer oaths in or out of this state, stating such facts as they would be required to testify to in court to prove such living will. The affidavit shall be written on the living will document, or if that is impracticable, on some paper attached thereto. The sworn statement of any such witness so taken shall be accepted by the Court of Probate as if it had been taken before such court.

      (b) A physician or other health care provider who is furnished with a copy of a written living will or appointment of health care agent shall make it a part of the declarant's medical record. A physician or other health care provider shall also record in the patient's medical record any oral communication concerning any aspect of his health care, including the withholding or withdrawal of life support systems, made by the patient directly to the physician or other health care provider or to the patient's health care agent, legal guardian, conservator, next-of-kin or person designated in accordance with section 1-56r.

      (P.A. 91-283, S. 7; P.A. 02-105, S. 8.)

      History: P.A. 02-105 amended Subsec. (b) by adding a person designated by the patient in accordance with Sec. 1-56r to the list of those whose communications with the patient regarding his wishes must be recorded in the patient's medical record.