Health care facility permissible prohibitions - sanctions if provider violates policy.

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(1) A health care facility may prohibit a physician employed or under contract from writing a prescription for medical aid-in-dying medication for a qualified individual who intends to use the medical aid-in-dying medication on the facility's premises. The health care facility must notify the physician in writing of its policy with regard to prescriptions for medical aid-in-dying medication. A health care facility that fails to provide advance notice to the physician shall not be entitled to enforce such a policy against the physician.

  1. A health care facility or health care provider shall not subject a physician, nurse,pharmacist, or other person to discipline, suspension, loss of license or privileges, or any other penalty or sanction for actions taken in good-faith reliance on this article or for refusing to act under this article.

  2. A health care facility must notify patients in writing of its policy with regard tomedical aid-in-dying. A health care facility that fails to provide advance notification to patients shall not be entitled to enforce such a policy.

Entire article added, Proposition 106, L. 2017, p. 2812, § 1,


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