GroundRules
D.C. Code § 7-661.13: Penalties.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 7. Human Health Care and Safety.
- Chapter 6B. Physician Assisted Death.
(a)
A person who, without authorization of the patient, willfully alters or forges a request for a covered medication or conceals or destroys a rescission of a request for a covered medication with the intent or effect of causing the patient's death is punishable as a Class A felony.
(b)
A person who, without authorization of the patient, willfully coerces or exerts undue influence on a patient to request or ingest a covered medication with the intent or effect of causing the patient's death is punishable as a Class A felony.
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