§ 24-7C-5 — Waiting period

A prescription for medical aid in dying medication shall: A. not be filled until forty-eight hours after the prescription for medical aid in dying medication has been written, unless the qualified individual's prescribing health care provider has medically confirmed that the qualified individual may, within reasonable medical judgment, die before the expiration of the waiting period identified herein, in which case, the prescription may be filled once the prescribing health care provider affirms that all requirements have been fulfilled pursuant to Section 3 [24-7C-3 NMSA 1978] of the End-of-Life Options Act; and B. indicate the date and time that the prescription for medical aid in dying medication was written and indicate the first allowable date and time when it may be filled.

Legislative History

Laws 2021, ch. 132, § 5.