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§ 7-661.15 — Construction.
District of Columbia § 7-661.15
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D.C. Code § 7-661.15 (2026).
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(a)Nothing in this chapter may be construed to authorize a physician or any other person to end a patient's life by lethal injection, mercy killing, active euthanasia, or any other method or medication not authorized under this chapter .
(b)Actions taken in accordance with this chapter do not constitute suicide, assisted suicide, mercy killing, or homicide.
(c)Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize a qualified patient to ingest a covered medication in a public place.
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