{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-661.15","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 7-661.15","heading":"Construction.","body":"(a)\nNothing in this chapter may be construed to authorize a physician or any other person to end a patient's life by lethal injection, mercy killing, active euthanasia, or any other method or medication not authorized under this chapter.\n\n(b)\nActions taken in accordance with this chapter do not constitute suicide, assisted suicide, mercy killing, or homicide.\n\n(c)\nNothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize a qualified patient to ingest a covered medication in a public place.","path":["Title 7. Human Health Care and Safety.","Chapter 6B. Physician Assisted Death."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/7-661.15","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"c396f0c927ea993034d5e468b61d08425572d9a7eaf9036e0ae4b132967e8740","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-661.14","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-661.16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}