States with Psychiatric Advance Directives

The states listed below have specifically authorized PADs as of June 1, 2003. If your state is not listed, you can contact your local Protection and Advocacy office (P & A) for information regarding the laws in your state. For a P & A near you, call the National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems (NAPAS) at 202-408-9514 or go to www.napas.org.

Alaska (47.30.950 – 47.30.980) :
http://www.touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/Statutes/Title47/Chapter30.htm
Hawaii:
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/vol06_ch0321-0344/hrs0327f/hrs_0327f-.htm
Idaho:
http://www3.state.id.us/idstat/TOC/66006KTOC.html
Illinois:
http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/ilcs/ch755/ch755act43.htm
Kentucky:
http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/record/03rs/hb99.htm
Louisiana:
http://www.legis.state.la.us/tsrs/tsrs.asp?lawbody=RS&title=28&section=221
Maine:
http://janus.state.me.us/legis/statutes/34-B/title34-Bsec11001.html
Maryland:
http://198.187.128.12/maryland/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=fs-main.htm&2.0
Minnesota:
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/253B/03.html
Montana:
http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/mca/53/21/53-21-153.htm
North Carolina (122C-71 – 122C-112 and 32A§3):
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Statutes/GeneralStatutes/HTML/ByArticle/Chapter_122C/Article_3.html
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Statutes/GeneralStatutes/HTML/ByArticle/Chapter_32A/Article_3.html
Oklahoma (43A-11-101 – 43A-11-113):
http://www.psychlaws.org/LegalResources/StateLaws/Oklahomastatute.htm
Oregon (127.700 –127.736):
http://www.leg.state.or.us/ors/127.html
South Dakota:
http://legis.state.sd.us/statutes/Index.cfm?FuseAction=DisplayStatute&FindType=Statute&txtStatute=27A-16
Texas:
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/ci/ci0013700toc.html
Utah (62A-15-1001 – 62A-15-1004):
http://www.le.state.ut.us/~code/TITLE62A/62A0C.htm
Wyoming (repealed effective July 1, 2003):
http://legisweb.state.wy.us/statutes/titles/title35/c22a03.htm

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