Loading...Download this Rhode Island Living Will Form in order to communicate in advance of an incapacity, your desire to limit or forego life-sustaining measures in the event of a terminal condition. Also there is a durable power of attorney for health care which allows you to choose a trusted relative or friend to make health decisions for you if you can no longer make decisions as well as instructions for you medical professionals and agent.
STATE DEFINITION
In Rhode Island, “A competent individual eighteen (18) years of age or older may at any time execute a declaration governing the withholding or withdrawal of life sustaining procedures. The declaration must be signed by the declarant, or another at the declarant’s direction in the presence of two (2) subscribing witnesses who are not related to the declarant by blood or marriage.” RI ST § 23-4.11-3