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Living Will-Chapter 6

(Declaration as to Medical or Surgical Treatment)

Colorado recognizes your right to have a Living Will, which is also called a Declaration as to Medical or Surgical Treatment. The Living Will is a direction to your doctor to withhold or withdraw procedures that will artificially prolong your life, including artificial nourishment and hydration, if you wish. It applies only if you have an incurable injury, disease or illness that two physicians say is terminal and, you have been unconscious, comatose, or otherwise incompetent for a week or longer.

It is a good idea to give your doctor a copy of your Living Will. It remains valid until you revoke it. Just tell your health care provider to destroy the document or do so yourself.

You can follow the Colorado form or work with your attorney to revise it according to your personal choices. It is required that you sign it in front of two witnesses who meet the form’s eligibility criteria.