California · Health and Safety Code - HSC

HSC §443.18: Nothing in this part may be construed to authorize a physician or any other person to end an individual’s life by lethal injection, mercy killing, or active euthanasia.

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This statute prohibits physicians and others from ending someone's life through lethal injection, mercy killing, or active euthanasia. It establishes what is not permitted under the law.

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Nothing in this part may be construed to authorize a physician or any other person to end an individual’s life by lethal injection, mercy killing, or active euthanasia. Actions taken in accordance with this part shall not, for any purposes, constitute suicide, assisted suicide, homicide, or elder abuse under the law.

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