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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Except as otherwise provided in section 327L-11(c), an adult who is capable, is a resident of the State, and has been determined by an attending provider and a consulting provider to be suffering from a terminal disease, and who has voluntarily expressed the adult's wish to die, may, pursuant to section 327L-9, submit:
(1) Two oral requests, a minimum of five days apart; and
(2) One written request,
for a prescription for medication that may be self-administered for the purpose of ending the adult's life in accordance with this chapter. The attending provider shall directly, and not through a designee, receive all three requests required pursuant to this section.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 1. Government § 327L-2 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/hi/division-1-government/hi-rev-st-sect-327l-2/
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