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The West Virginia Advance Directive validates a written approval designating a person indicated rights for decision-making concerning another’s health care. It is standard practice to assemble this type of legal agreement to confirm an arrangement to highlight end-of-life desired care in situations that could leave an individual in an incapacitated state. The principal granting the controls will effectively transfer responsibilities to a trusted party in congruence with their own stated wishes within the filed paperwork. Qualifying the understanding contained in the contract will assign a mapped-out description of what the declarant would prefer if they are in a coma or vegetative state. Outside of the established selections in the document, the determined representative nominated in the form would then decide the next steps to take.

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Statute – West Virginia Health Care Decisions Act (W.V.C. § 16-30)

Definitions – “Health care decision” means a decision to give, withhold or withdraw informed consent to any type of health care, including, but not limited to, medical and surgical treatments, including life-prolonging interventions, nursing care, hospitalization, treatment in a nursing home or other extended care facility, home health care and the gift or donation of a body organ or tissue (§ 16-30-3(i)).

Signing Requirements – Acknowledgment of the document’s endorsement must be corroborated by two (2) approved witnesses, specified in the West Virginia Code § 16-30-4, as well as a licensed notary.

Revocation – § 16-30-18