California Health and Safety Code 443.4 – (a) An individual may at any time withdraw or rescind their …
(a) An individual may at any time withdraw or rescind their request for an aid-in-dying drug, or decide not to ingest an aid-in-dying drug, without regard to the individual’s mental state.
(b) A prescription for an aid-in-dying drug provided under this part may not be written without the attending physician directly, and not through a designee, offering the individual an opportunity to withdraw or rescind the request.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 443.4
- Aid-in-dying drug: means a drug determined and prescribed by a physician for a qualified individual, which the qualified individual may choose to self-administer to bring about their death due to a terminal disease. See California Health and Safety Code 443.1
- Attending physician: means the physician who has primary responsibility for the health care of an individual and treatment of the individual's terminal disease. See California Health and Safety Code 443.1
- Physician: means a doctor of medicine or osteopathy currently licensed to practice medicine in this state. See California Health and Safety Code 443.1
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
(c) If the individual decides to transfer care to another physician, upon request of the individual the physician shall transfer all relevant medical records including written documentation including the dates of the individual’s oral and written requests seeking to obtain a prescription for an aid-in-dying drug.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 542, Sec. 3. (SB 380) Effective January 1, 2022. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, pursuant to Section 443.215.)