California Health and Safety Code

§ 443.2

HSC § 443.2 Effective Jan 1, 2018Div. 1 · Part 1.85

Statute text

(a)An individual who is an adult with the capacity to make medical decisions and with a terminal disease may make a request to receive a prescription for an aid-in-dying drug if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

(1)The individual’s attending physician has diagnosed the individual with a terminal disease.

(2)The individual has voluntarily expressed the wish to receive a prescription for an aid-in-dying drug.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 99. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018.