Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-9 – Written and oral requests
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-9
- Attending provider: means a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 453 or advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 457 who has responsibility for the care of the patient and treatment of the patient's terminal disease. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-1
- Patient: means a person who is under the care of an attending provider. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-1
- Prescription: means prescription medication or medications that the qualified patient may self-administer to end the qualified patient's life pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-1
- Qualified patient: means a capable adult who is a resident of the State and has satisfied the requirements of this chapter in order to obtain a prescription to end the qualified patient's life pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-1
- Self-administer: means an individual performing an affirmative, conscious, voluntary act to take into the individual's body prescription medication to end the individual's life pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-1
Except as otherwise provided in section 327L-11(c), to receive a prescription for medication that a qualified patient may self-administer to end the qualified patient‘s life pursuant to this chapter, a qualified patient shall have made an oral request and a written request, and reiterate the oral request to the qualified patient’s attending provider no less than five days after making the initial oral request. At the time the qualified patient makes the second oral request, the attending provider shall offer the qualified patient an opportunity to rescind the request.