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R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-60-3

Prevention of assisted suicide

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Morris v. Brandenburg (2015)

Most recently applied in Morris v. Brandenburg (August 2015)

P.L. 1996, ch. 181, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 183, § 1.

An individual or licensed health care practitioner who with the purpose of assisting another person to commit suicide knowingly:

(1) Provides the physical means by which another person commits or attempts to commit suicide; or

(2) Participates in a physical act by which another person commits or attempts to commit suicide is guilty of a felony and upon conviction may be punished by imprisonment for up to ten (10) years, by a fine of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or both.

Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.