70.245.090 - Written and oral requests. - Washington Statutes

Written and oral requests.

To receive a prescription for medication that the qualified patient may self-administer to end his or her life in a humane and dignified manner, a qualified patient shall have made an oral request and a written request, and reiterate the oral request to his or her attending physician at least fifteen days after making the initial oral request. At the time the qualified patient makes his or her second oral request, the attending physician shall offer the qualified patient an opportunity to rescind the request.

[2009 c 1 § 9 (Initiative Measure No. 1000, approved November 4, 2008).]