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Del. Code tit. 16, § 2504C

Qualified patients: requirements [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3]

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(a) An individual who meets all of the following requirements is a qualified patient under this chapter:

(1) The individual is an adult resident of Delaware.

(2) The individual’s attending physician or attending APRN has completed all of the requirements under § 2508C of this title.

(3) A consulting physician or consulting APRN has completed all of the requirements under § 2509C of this title.

(4) The individual has made an informed decision to voluntarily request medication to end their life in a humane and dignified manner, under § 2505C of this title.

(b) An individual cannot be a qualified patient under this section solely because of the individual’s age or disability.

(c) A request for medication to end their life in a humane and dignified manner must be made by the individual with a terminal illness and may not be made by any other individual, including the terminally-ill individual’s guardian or other surrogate health-care decision maker or by the individual in an advance health-care directive.

Official source: Delaware Code Online. Reproduced from public-domain Delaware statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.