{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-661.13","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 7-661.13","heading":"Penalties.","body":"(a)\nA 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.\n\n(b)\nA 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.","path":["Title 7. Human Health Care and Safety.","Chapter 6B. Physician Assisted Death."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/7-661.13","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"9d8be44a2f9be6982d2291d35df0f9a35e43ab9bc165ecbb63186e00d31c030d","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-661.12","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-661.14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}