2016 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being
Chapter 368w - Removal of Life Support Systems
Section 19a-579a - Revocation of living will. Absence of knowledge of revocation.
(a) A living will may be revoked at any time and in any manner by the declarant, without regard to the declarant's mental or physical condition.
(b) The attending physician or other health care provider shall make the revocation a part of the declarant's medical record.
(c) In the absence of knowledge of the revocation of a living will, a person is not subject to civil or criminal liability or discipline for unprofessional conduct for carrying out the living will pursuant to the requirements of sections 19a-570, 19a-571, 19a-573 and 19a-575 to 19a-580c, inclusive.
(P.A. 91-283, S. 9; P.A. 93-407, S. 9; P.A. 06-195, S. 71.)
History: P.A. 93-407 amended Subsec. (c) by incorporating reference to Sec. 19a-575a; P.A. 06-195 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision re revocation of appointment of health care agent and amended Subsec. (c) by deleting provisions re health care agent's immunity from liability when acting without knowledge of revocation.
See Sec. 19a-575a re revocation of appointment of health care representative and immunity from liability for actions undertaken without knowledge of such revocation.
