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Vermont · Through 2025 session

18 V.S.A. § 5284: No duty to aid

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  1. Title 18: Health
  2. Chapter 113: Patient Choice at End of Life

A patient with a terminal condition who self-administers a lethal dose of medication shall not be considered to be a person exposed to grave physical harm under 12 V.S.A. § 519, and no person shall be subject to civil or criminal liability solely for being present when a patient with a terminal condition self-administers a lethal dose of medication or for not acting to prevent the patient from self-administering a lethal dose of medication.

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