Right to request medical aid-in-dying medication.

1. Law
2. Colorado Revised Statutes
3. Public Health And Environment
4. End-of-life Options
5. Right to request medical aid-in-dying medication.

(1) An adult resident of Colorado may make a request, in accordance with sections 25-48-104 and 25-48-112, to receive a prescription for medical aid-in-dying medication if:

1. The individual's attending physician has diagnosed the individual with a terminalillness with a prognosis of six months or less;

2. The individual's attending physician has determined the individual has mental capacity; and

3. The individual has voluntarily expressed the wish to receive a prescription for medical aid-in-dying medication.

(2) The right to request medical aid-in-dying medication does not exist because of age or disability.

Source: Initiated 2016: Entire article added, Proposition 106, L. 2017, p. 2804, § 1, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 16, 2016.

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