Hello goose444 and thank you for your question.
You can find the full text of "Oregon's Death with Dignity Act" here:
http://www.ohd.hr.state.or.us/chs/pas/ors.cfm
You can also download it in .PDF format here:
http://www.ohd.hr.state.or.us/chs/pas/statute.pdf
And there is a comprehensive guide to the legislation here:
http://www.ohd.hr.state.or.us/chs/pas/pas.cfm
Here is an excerpt from it:
"Physician-Assisted Suicide"
"Legislative Statute
Note: The division headings, subdivision headings and leadlines for
127.800 to 127.890, 127.895 and 127.897 were enacted as part of Ballot
Measure 16 (1994) and were not provided by Legislative Counsel.
Please browse this page or download the statute for printing.
(or read the statute at: http://www.leg.state.or.us)
127.800 s.1.01. Definitions.
The following words and phrases, whenever used in ORS 127.800 to
127.897, have the following meanings:
(1) "Adult" means an individual who is 18 years of age or older.
(2) "Attending physician" means the physician who has primary
responsibility for the care of the patient and treatment of the
patient's terminal disease.
(3) "Capable" means that in the opinion of a court or in the opinion
of the patient's attending physician or consulting physician,
psychiatrist or psychologist, a patient has the ability to make and
communicate health care decisions to health care providers, including
communication through persons familiar with the patient's manner of
communicating if those persons are available.
(4) "Consulting physician" means a physician who is qualified by
specialty or experience to make a professional diagnosis and prognosis
regarding the patient's disease.
(5) "Counseling" means one or more consultations as necessary between
a state licensed psychiatrist or psychologist and a patient for the
purpose of determining that the patient is capable and not suffering
from a psychiatric or psychological disorder or depression causing
impaired judgment.
(6) "Health care provider" means a person licensed, certified or
otherwise authorized or permitted by the law of this state to
administer health care or dispense medication in the ordinary course
of business or practice of a profession, and includes a health care
facility.
(7) "Informed decision" means a decision by a qualified patient, to
request and obtain a prescription to end his or her life in a humane
and dignified manner, that is based on an appreciation of the relevant
facts and after being fully informed by the attending physician of:
(a) His or her medical diagnosis;
(b) His or her prognosis;
(c) The potential risks associated with taking the medication to be prescribed;
(d) The probable result of taking the medication to be prescribed; and
(e) The feasible alternatives, including, but not limited to, comfort
care, hospice care and pain control.
(8) "Medically confirmed" means the medical opinion of the attending
physician has been confirmed by a consulting physician who has
examined the patient and the patient's relevant medical records.
(9) "Patient" means a person who is under the care of a physician.
(10) "Physician" means a doctor of medicine or osteopathy licensed to
practice medicine by the Board of Medical Examiners for the State of
Oregon.
(11) "Qualified patient" means a capable adult who is a resident of
Oregon and has satisfied the requirements of ORS 127.800 to 127.897 in
order to obtain a prescription for medication to end his or her life
in a humane and dignified manner.
(12) "Terminal disease" means an incurable and irreversible disease
that has been medically confirmed and will, within reasonable medical
judgment, produce death within six months. [1995 c.3 s.1.01; 1999
c.423 s.1]
(Written Request for Medication to
End One's Life in a
Humane and Dignified Manner)"
http://www.ohd.hr.state.or.us/chs/pas/ors.cfm
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THX1138
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