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2019 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES
Chapter 54 - Health Care
Section 5433 - Forms
Universal Citation: 20 PA Cons Stat § 5433 (2019)
§ 5433. Forms.
(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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