{"data":{"id":"us-de/16-del.-c.-2504c","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"16 Del. C. § 2504C","heading":"Qualified patients: requirements [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3].","body":"(a) An individual who meets all of the following requirements is a qualified patient under this chapter:\n(1) The individual is an adult resident of Delaware.\n(2) The individual’s attending physician or attending APRN has completed all of the requirements under § 2508C of this title.\n(3) A consulting physician or consulting APRN has completed all of the requirements under § 2509C of this title.\n(4) The individual has made an informed decision to voluntarily request medication to end their life in a humane and dignified manner, under § 2505C of this title.\n(b) An individual cannot be a qualified patient under this section solely because of the individual’s age or disability.\n(c) A request for medication to end their life in a humane and dignified manner must be made by the individual with a terminal illness and may not be made by any other individual, including the terminally-ill individual’s guardian or other surrogate health-care decision maker or by the individual in an advance health-care directive.","path":["Title 16. Health and Safety","Regulatory Provisions Concerning Public Health","CHAPTER 25C. End of Life Options [For application of this chapter, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3]"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title16/c025c/index.html#2504C","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:21Z","sha256":"ee00697d5d5a1bdace871f7669f873f040a2607c32cf6e91f499049a6d104cbb","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/16-del.-c.-2503c","next":"us-de/16-del.-c.-2505c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}