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2022 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES
Chapter 54 - Health Care
Subchapter A. General Provisions
- Section 5421 - Applicability
- Section 5422 - Definitions
- Section 5423 - Legislative findings and intent
- Section 5424 - Compliance
- Section 5425 - Conflicting advance health care directives
- Section 5426 - Death not suicide or homicide
- Section 5427 - Life insurance
- Section 5428 - Health care instruments optional
- Section 5429 - Pregnancy
- Section 5430 - Effect of divorce
- Section 5431 - Liability
- Section 5432 - Criminal penalties
- Section 5433 - Forms
- Section 5434 - Construction
- Section 5441 - Short title of subchapter
- Section 5442 - Execution
- Section 5443 - When living will operative
- Section 5444 - Revocation
- Section 5445 - Emergency medical services
- Section 5446 - Validity
- Section 5447 - Form
- Section 5451 - Short title of subchapter
- Section 5452 - Execution
- Section 5453 - Requirements and options
- Section 5454 - When health care power of attorney operative
- Section 5455 - Appointment of health care agents
- Section 5456 - Authority of health care agent
- Section 5457 - Countermand
- Section 5458 - Amendment
- Section 5459 - Revocation
- Section 5460 - Relation of health care agent to court-appointed guardian and other agents
- Section 5461 - Decisions by health care representative
- Section 5462 - Duties of attending physician and health care provider
- Section 5463 - Effect on other State law
- Section 5464 - Validity
- Section 5465 - Form
- Section 5481 - Short title of subchapter
- Section 5482 - Legislative findings and intent
- Section 5483 - Definitions
- Section 5484 - Orders, bracelets and necklaces
- Section 5485 - Revocation
- Section 5486 - Absence of order, bracelet or necklace
- Section 5487 - Emergency medical services
- Section 5488 - Advisory committee
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