Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 5292
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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 5292
- Patient: means a person who is 18 years of age or older and under the care of a physician. See
- Person: means any individual, company, corporation, association, partnership, the U. See
- Physician: means an individual licensed to practice medicine under 26 Vt. See
§ 5292. Statutory construction
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize a physician or any other person to end a patient’s life by lethal injection, mercy killing, or active euthanasia. Action taken in accordance with this chapter shall not be construed for any purpose to constitute suicide, assisted suicide, mercy killing, or homicide under the law. This section shall not be construed to conflict with section 1553 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub.L. No. 111-148, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Pub.L. No. 111-152. (Added 2013, No. 39, § 1, eff. May 20, 2013.)