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2013 Vermont Statutes
Title 18 Health
Chapter 231 ADVANCE DIRECTIVES FOR HEALTH CARE AND DISPOSITION OF REMAINS
§ 9717 Presumption of validity
18 V.S.A. § 9717 What's This?
9717. Presumption of validity
An advance directive executed as provided in this chapter shall be presumed valid. No third party shall require an additional or different form of advance directive. A photocopy or facsimile of a duly executed original advance directive shall be relied upon to the same extent as the original. (Added 2005, No. 55, 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.)
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