                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SUGGESTED FORM OF WRITTEN ADVANCE DIRECTIVES (§ 54.1-2984)

An advance directive executed pursuant to this article may, but need not, be in
the following form:		ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVE		I, __________, willingly and
voluntarily make known my wishes in the event that I am incapable of making an
informed decision, as follows:		I understand that my advance directive may
include the selection of an agent as well as set forth my choices regarding
health care. The term &#8220;health care&#8221; means the furnishing of services
to any individual for the purpose of preventing, alleviating, curing, or healing
human illness, injury or physical disability, including but not limited to,
medications; surgery; blood transfusions; chemotherapy; radiation therapy;
admission to a hospital, nursing home, assisted living facility, or other health
care facility; psychiatric or other mental health treatment; and life-prolonging
procedures and palliative care.		The phrase &#8220;incapable of making an
informed decision&#8221; means unable to understand the nature, extent and
probable consequences of a proposed health care decision or unable to make a
rational evaluation of the risks and benefits of a proposed health care decision
as compared with the risks and benefits of alternatives to that decision, or
unable to communicate such understanding in any way.		The determination that I
am incapable of making an informed decision shall be made by my attending
physician and a capacity reviewer, if certification by a capacity reviewer is
required by law, after a personal examination of me and shall be certified in
writing. Such certification shall be required before health care is provided,
continued, withheld or withdrawn, before any named agent shall be granted
authority to make health care decisions on my behalf, and before, or as soon as
reasonably practicable after, health care is provided, continued, withheld or
withdrawn and every 180 days thereafter while the need for health care
continues.		If, at any time, I am determined to be incapable of making an
informed decision, I shall be notified, to the extent I am capable of receiving
such notice, that such determination has been made before health care is
provided, continued, withheld, or withdrawn. Such notice shall also be provided,
as soon as practical, to my named agent or person authorized by § 54.1-2986 to
make health care decisions on my behalf. If I am later determined to be capable
of making an informed decision by a physician, in writing, upon personal
examination, any further health care decisions will require my informed
consent.		(SELECT ANY OR ALL OF THE OPTIONS BELOW.)		OPTION I: APPOINTMENT OF
AGENT (CROSS THROUGH OPTIONS I AND II BELOW IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO APPOINT AN
AGENT TO MAKE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS FOR YOU.)		I hereby appoint __________
(primary agent), of __________ (address and telephone number), as my agent to
make health care decisions on my behalf as authorized in this document. If
__________ (primary agent) is not reasonably available or is unable or unwilling
to act as my agent, then I appoint __________ (successor agent), of __________
(address and telephone number), to serve in that capacity.		I hereby grant to my
agent, named above, full power and authority to make health care decisions on my
behalf as described below whenever I have been determined to be incapable of
making an informed decision. My agent&#8217;s authority hereunder is effective
as long as I am incapable of making an informed decision.		In exercising the
power to make health care decisions on my behalf, my agent shall follow my
desires and preferences as stated in this document or as otherwise known to my
agent. My agent shall be guided by my medical diagnosis and prognosis and any
information provided by my physicians as to the intrusiveness, pain, risks, and
side effects associated with treatment or nontreatment. My agent shall not make
any decision regarding my health care which he knows, or upon reasonable inquiry
ought to know, is contrary to my religious beliefs or my basic values, whether
expressed orally or in writing. If my agent cannot determine what health care
choice I would have made on my own behalf, then my agent shall make a choice for
me based upon what he believes to be in my best interests.		OPTION II: POWERS OF
MY AGENT (CROSS THROUGH ANY LANGUAGE YOU DO NOT WANT AND ADD ANY LANGUAGE YOU DO
WANT.)		The powers of my agent shall include the following:

A. To consent to or refuse or withdraw consent to any type of health care,
treatment, surgical procedure, diagnostic procedure, medication and the use of
mechanical or other procedures that affect any bodily function, including, but
not limited to, artificial respiration, artificially administered nutrition and
hydration, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. This authorization specifically
includes the power to consent to the administration of dosages of pain-relieving
medication in excess of recommended dosages in an amount sufficient to relieve
pain, even if such medication carries the risk of addiction or of inadvertently
hastening my death;

B. To request, receive, and review any information, verbal or written, regarding
my physical or mental health, including but not limited to, medical and hospital
records, and to consent to the disclosure of this information;

C. To employ and discharge my health care providers;

D. To authorize my admission to or discharge (including transfer to another
facility) from any hospital, hospice, nursing home, assisted living facility or
other medical care facility. If I have authorized admission to a health care
facility for treatment of mental illness, that authority is stated elsewhere in
this advance directive;

E. To authorize my admission to a health care facility for the treatment of
mental illness for no more than 10 calendar days provided I do not protest the
admission and a physician on the staff of or designated by the proposed
admitting facility examines me and states in writing that I have a mental
illness and I am incapable of making an informed decision about my admission,
and that I need treatment in the facility; and to authorize my discharge
(including transfer to another facility) from the facility;

F. To authorize my admission to a health care facility for the treatment of
mental illness for no more than 10 calendar days, even over my protest, if a
physician on the staff of or designated by the proposed admitting facility
examines me and states in writing that I have a mental illness and I am
incapable of making an informed decision about my admission, and that I need
treatment in the facility; and to authorize my discharge (including transfer to
another facility) from the facility. [My physician or licensed clinical
psychologist hereby attests that I am capable of making an informed decision and
that I understand the consequences of this provision of my advance directive:
____________________];

G. To authorize the specific types of health care identified in this advance
directive [specify cross-reference to other sections of directive] even over my
protest. [My physician or licensed clinical psychologist hereby attests that I
am capable of making an informed decision and that I understand the consequences
of this provision of my advance directive: ____________________];

H. To continue to serve as my agent even in the event that I protest the
agent&#8217;s authority after I have been determined to be incapable of making
an informed decision;

I. To authorize my participation in any health care study approved by an
institutional review board or research review committee according to applicable
federal or state law that offers the prospect of direct therapeutic benefit to
me;

J. To authorize my participation in any health care study approved by an
institutional review board or research review committee pursuant to applicable
federal or state law that aims to increase scientific understanding of any
condition that I may have or otherwise to promote human well-being, even though
it offers no prospect of direct benefit to me;

K. To make decisions regarding visitation during any time that I am admitted to
any health care facility, consistent with the following directions: __________;
and

L. To take any lawful actions that may be necessary to carry out these
decisions, including the granting of releases of liability to medical providers.
Further, my agent shall not be liable for the costs of health care pursuant to
his authorization, based solely on that authorization.
			OPTION III: HEALTH CARE INSTRUCTIONS			(CROSS THROUGH PARAGRAPHS A AND/OR B
IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO GIVE ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT YOUR HEALTH
CARE.)

A. I specifically direct that I receive the following health care if it is
medically appropriate under the circumstances as determined by my attending
physician: __________.

B. I specifically direct that the following health care not be provided to me
under the following circumstances (you may specify that certain health care not
be provided under any circumstances): __________.
			OPTION IV: END OF LIFE INSTRUCTIONS			(CROSS THROUGH THIS OPTION IF YOU DO
NOT WANT TO GIVE INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT YOUR HEALTH CARE IF YOU HAVE A TERMINAL
CONDITION.)			If at any time my attending physician should determine that I have
a terminal condition where the application of life-prolonging procedures —
including artificial respiration, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, artificially
administered nutrition, and artificially administered hydration — would serve
only to artificially prolong the dying process, I direct that such procedures be
withheld or withdrawn, and that I be permitted to die naturally with only the
administration of medication or the performance of any medical procedure deemed
necessary to provide me with comfort care or to alleviate pain.			OPTION:
LIFE-PROLONGING PROCEDURES DURING PREGNANCY. (If you wish to provide additional
instructions or modifications to instructions you have already given regarding
life-prolonging procedures that will apply if you are pregnant at the time your
attending physician determines that you have a terminal condition, you may do so
here.)			If I am pregnant when my attending physician determines that I have a
terminal condition, my decision concerning life-prolonging procedures shall be
modified as
follows:			____________________________________________________________			______
______________________________________________________			_______________________
_____________________________________			________________________________________
____________________:			OPTION: OTHER DIRECTIONS ABOUT LIFE-PROLONGING
PROCEDURES. (If you wish to provide your own directions, or if you wish to add
to the directions you have given above, you may do so here. If you wish to give
specific instructions regarding certain life-prolonging procedures, such as
artificial respiration, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, artificially administered
nutrition, and artificially administered hydration, this is where you should
write them.) I direct
that:			____________________________________________________________			_________
___________________________________________________			__________________________
__________________________________			___________________________________________
_________________;			OPTION: My other instructions regarding my care if I have a
terminal condition are as
follows:			____________________________________________________________			______
______________________________________________________			_______________________
_____________________________________			________________________________________
____________________;			In the absence of my ability to give directions
regarding the use of such life-prolonging procedures, it is my intention that
this advance directive shall be honored by my family and physician as the final
expression of my legal right to refuse health care and acceptance of the
consequences of such refusal.			OPTION V: APPOINTMENT OF AN AGENT TO MAKE AN
ANATOMICAL GIFT OR ORGAN, TISSUE OR EYE DONATION (CROSS THROUGH IF YOU DO NOT
WANT TO APPOINT AN AGENT TO MAKE AN ANATOMICAL GIFT OR ANY ORGAN, TISSUE OR EYE
DONATION FOR YOU.)			Upon my death, I direct that an anatomical gift of all of
my body or certain organ, tissue or eye donations may be made pursuant to
Article 2 (§ 32.1-291.1 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 32.1 and in accordance
with my directions, if any. I hereby appoint __________ as my agent, of
__________ (address and telephone number), to make any such anatomical gift or
organ, tissue or eye donation following my death. I further direct that:
__________ (declarant&#8217;s directions concerning anatomical gift or organ,
tissue or eye donation).			This advance directive shall not terminate in the
event of my disability.			AFFIRMATION AND RIGHT TO REVOKE: By signing below, I
indicate that I am emotionally and mentally capable of making this advance
directive and that I understand the purpose and effect of this document. I
understand I may revoke all or any part of this document at any time (i) with a
signed, dated writing; (ii) by physical cancellation or destruction of this
advance directive by myself or by directing someone else to destroy it in my
presence; or (iii) by my oral expression of intent to revoke.			________        
                    ____________________

   Date. (Signature of Declarant)
   				The declarant signed the foregoing advance directive in my presence.

   Witness. _________________________

   _________________________

HISTORY: 1983, c. 532, § 54-325.8:4; 1988, c. 765; 1989, c. 592; 1991, c. 583;
1992, cc. 748, 772; 1997, c. 609; 1999, c. 814; 2000, c. 810; 2005, c. 186;
2007, cc. 92, 907; 2009, cc. 211, 268; 2010, c. 792; 2015, c. 109.