California Health and Safety Code

§ 443.17

HSC § 443.17 Effective Jan 1, 2022Div. 1 · Part 1.85

Statute text

(a)Knowingly altering or forging a request for an aid-in-dying drug to end an individual’s life without their authorization or concealing or destroying a withdrawal or rescission of a request for an aid-in-dying drug is punishable as a felony if the act is done with the intent or effect of causing the individual’s death.

(b)Knowingly coercing or exerting undue influence on an individual to request or ingest an aid-in-dying drug for the purpose of ending their life or to destroy a withdrawal or rescission of a request, or to administer an aid-in-dying drug to an individual without their knowledge or consent, is punishable as a felony.

(c)For purposes of this section, “knowingly” has the meaning provided in Section 7 of the Penal Code.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 542, Sec. 8. (SB 380) Effective January 1, 2022.