The Wisconsin Living Will enforces a lawful understanding to map out a person’s elected desires to follow for medical action should the person become unconscious or unable to make the needed health care decisions independently. The state of Wisconsin has developed a form to utilized as a living will that is also referred to as a Declaration to Health Care Professionals. In contrast to a medical power attorney, a living will serves to identify the choices to be made for an individual instead of nominating an alternate person to make the choices on their behalf. Provided in the document’s language are particular areas to describe a subjects’ requests concerning measures to take in a situation of a vegetative state or terminal condition of the patient. The principal’s signature must be received with the assistance of two (2) acceptable witnesses to verify the pledge.

Laws

Statute – Declaration to Health Care Professionals § 154-02 – 154-15

Definition – § 154-01 – 154-02

Signing Requirements – Acknowledgment by two (2) tenable witnesses according to the prescribed requirements found in the Wisconsin State Statutes § 154-03(1).