{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-630","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 7-630","heading":"Effect of subchapter.","body":"Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to condone, authorize, or approve mercy-killing or to permit any affirmative or deliberate act or omission to end a human life other than to permit the natural process of dying as provided in this subchapter.","path":["Title 7. Human Health Care and Safety.","Chapter 6. Death.","Subchapter II. Natural Death."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/7-630","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"7e7c06dadfd4289318810dd18b38803eb77653d883b833deceade2e31dd23beb","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-629","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-651.01"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}