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29Purpose:
In recognizing the right of individuals to (1) control all aspects of his
or her personal care and medical treatment, (2) insist upon medical
treatment, (3) decline medical treatment, or (4) direct that medical
treatment be withdrawn, the General Assembly has in the past, provided
statutory forms for both the living will and durable power of attorney for
health care. To help reduce confusion, inconsistency, out-of-date
terminology, and confusing and inconsistent requirements for execution,
and to follow the trend set by other states to combine the concepts of the
living will and health care agency into a single legal document, the efforts
of a significant number of individuals representing the academic, medical,
legislative, and legal communities, state officials, ethics scholars, and
advocacy groups produced the development of a consolidated advance
directive for health care. This newly created form using understandable
and everyday language is meant to encourage more citizens of Georgia to
voluntarily execute advance directives for health care to make their wishes
more clearly known.
The General Assembly takes note that the clear expression of
individual decisions regarding health care, whether made by the individual
or an agent appointed by the individual, is of critical importance not only to
citizens but also to the health care and legal communities, third parties, and
families. In furtherance of these purposes, the General Assembly enacted a
new Chapter 32 of Title 31.
This Chapter sets forth general principles
governing the expression of decisions regarding health care and the
appointment of a health care agent, as well as a
form of advance directive for health care.
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