Rhode Island Statutes

§ 11-60-3 — § 11-60-3. Prevention of assisted suicide.

Rhode Island·Title 11 Criminal Offenses·Ch. 11-60 Assisted Suicide

§ 11-60-3. Prevention of assisted suicide.

An individual or licensed health care practitioner who with the purpose of assisting another person to commit suicide knowingly:

(1) Provides the physical means by which another person commits or attempts to commit suicide; or

(2) Participates in a physical act by which another person commits or attempts to commit suicide is guilty of a felony and upon conviction may be punished by imprisonment for up to ten (10) years, by a fine of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or both.

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Legislative History

P.L. 1996, ch. 181, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 183, § 1.

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