§ 7-661.06 — Medical record documentation requirements.

District of Columbia § 7-661.06

• Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
• Title 7: Human Health Care and Safety.
• Ch. 6B: Physician Assisted Death.

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(a) The attending physician shall document and file in the medical record of the patient requesting a covered medication:

(1) All oral requests by a patient for a covered medication;

(2) All written requests by a patient for a covered medication;

(3) The attending physician's:

(A) Diagnosis and prognosis of the patient;

(B) Determination that the patient is a District resident and is capable, acting voluntarily, and has made an informed decision when requesting a covered medication;

(C) Offer to the patient to rescind his or her request for a covered medication before the patient makes his or her second oral request;

(D) Notation that all requirements under this chapter have been met; and

(E) Notation regarding all steps taken to carry out the patient's request for a covered medication, including a notation of the covered medication prescribed;

(4) The consulting physician's:

(A) Diagnosis and prognosis of the patient;

(B) Verification that the patient is capable, acting voluntarily, and has made an informed decision when requesting a covered medication; and

(5) If a patient is referred to counseling pursuant to § 7-661.04 , a report by the psychiatrist or psychologist of the outcome and determinations made during counseling.