Haw. Rev. Stat. § 327L-2

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 327L-2 - Oral and written requests for medication; initiated

Except as otherwise provided in section 327L-11(c), an adult who is capable, is a resident of the State, and has been determined by an attending provider and a consulting provider to be suffering from a terminal disease, and who has voluntarily expressed the adult's wish to die, may, pursuant to section 327L-9, submit:

(1) Two oral requests, a minimum of five days apart; and

(2) One written request,

for a prescription for medication that may be self-administered for the purpose of ending the adult's life in accordance with this chapter. The attending provider shall directly, and not through a designee, receive all three requests required pursuant to this section.

HRS § 327L-2

Amended by L 2023, c 43,§ 3, eff. 6/1/2023.

Added by L 2018, c 2,§ 3, eff. 1/1/2019.