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            SUMMARY OF STATE LIVING WILL LEGISLATION

MISSISSIPPI

Synopsis: Mississippi has a strong living will statute. The
statute involves the State Bureau of Vital Statistics. Before
implementing a living will the physician must contact the
Mississippi Bureau of Vital Statistics and verify that the living
will is on record and has not been revoked. The statute requires
that living wills be recorded, as well as revocations of the
same. The statute does not require that a physician or hospital
to follow a living will, but does require that the doctor or
hospital cooperate in transferring the patient to a doctor or
hospital which will honor the living will. To prepare a
Mississippi living will using the state mandated form, please
select this option from the opening menu. Remember that the
publisher recommends preparing a "uniform" living will in
addition to the form required by the State of Mississippi. Please
also consider executing a living will for any State that you
spend more than a few weeks per year, or where you are a
temporary resident.

Statute number: Mississippi Statutes 41-41-101 

Statute title: "Mississippi Withdrawal of Life-Saving Mechanisms"

Governmental Agency to contact for more information: Bureau of
Vital Statistics, State Board of Health

A specific form of living will is required

Witness requirements: Number: 2 Relationship: Witnesses may not
be related by blood or marriage, may not have a claim against the
estate of the declarant, may not be an attending physician or
employee of the physician or an employee of a hospital in which
the declarant is a patient; or entitled to any part of the estate
of the declarant under any will, or by intestacy

Recording of the living will is REQUIRED with the Bureau of Vital
Statistics, State Board of Health

Revocation of the living will may be made by written instrument,
which must be recorded at the State Board of Health, a verbal
revocation to the attending physician is also valid.