§ 70.245.020. Written request for medication
(1) An adult who is competent, is a resident of Washington state, and has been determined by the attending physician and consulting physician to be suffering from a terminal disease, and who has voluntarily expressed his or her wish to die, may make a written request for medication that the patient may self-administer to end his or her life in a humane and dignified manner in accordance with this chapter.
(2) A person does not qualify under this chapter solely because of age or disability.
[2009 c 1 § 2 (Initiative Measure No. 1000, approved November 4, 2008).]
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