Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-2 – Oral and written requests for medication; initiated
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Except as otherwise provided in section 327L-11(c), an adult who is capable, is a resident of the State, and has been determined by an attending provider and a consulting provider to be suffering from a terminal disease, and who has voluntarily expressed the adult’s wish to die, may, pursuant to section 327L-9, submit:
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-2
- Adult: means an individual who is eighteen years of age or older. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-1
- Attending provider: means a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 453 or advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 457 who has responsibility for the care of the patient and treatment of the patient's terminal disease. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-1
- Capable: means that in the opinion of the patient's attending provider or consulting provider, psychiatrist, psychologist, or clinical social worker, a patient has the ability to understand the patient's choices for care, including risks and benefits, and make and communicate health care decisions to health care providers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-1
- Consulting provider: means a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 453 who is qualified by specialty or experience to make a professional diagnosis and prognosis regarding the patient's disease or advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 457 who is qualified by specialty or experience to diagnose and prescribe medication. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-1
- Prescription: means prescription medication or medications that the qualified patient may self-administer to end the qualified patient's life pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-1
- Terminal disease: means an incurable and irreversible disease that has been medically confirmed and will, within reasonable medical judgment, produce death within six months. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-1
for a prescription for medication that may be self-administered for the purpose of ending the adult’s life in accordance with this chapter. The attending provider shall directly, and not through a designee, receive all three requests required pursuant to this section.