Will Laws
Vermont
Will Laws
Vermont
Here you will find legal terms and their application by state as this can vary depending on where you live.
Reciprocity - The practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit, especially privileges granted by one country or organization to another. Certain states will limit the extent to which they honor health care directives(reciprocity) from other states, meaning they will only accept them so far as they comply with their own laws. This creates a bit of a legal grey area, however, most times it doesn't become an issue.
State Law Citation and Title
VT ST Tit. 14 § 301 to 338Vermont Statutes Title 14, Part 2, Chapter 42 (Descent and Survivors' Rights)
State Law Statute
Tit. 18 §5251, et seq. Terminal Care Document
Specific Powers
Any medical procedure or intervention utilizing mechanical or other artificial means to sustain, restore, supplant a vital function serving only to postpone the moment of death and where patient is in a terminal state according to judgment of physician
Revocation Duration
A living will is revocable only orally in the presence of 2 or more witnesses, or by destroying the original document.
Transfer Unwilling
Unwilling physician must actively assist in selecting another physician willing to honor patients directive