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2019 Code of Alabama
Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.
Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.
Chapter 8B - ASSISTED SUICIDE BAN ACT
Section 22-8B-4 - Prohibited activity.
Universal Citation: AL Code § 22-8B-4 (2019)
Section 22-8B-4Prohibited activity.
(a) Any person who deliberately assists another person to commit suicide or provides aid in dying is guilty of a Class C felony.
(b) Any physician or health care provider who prescribes any drug, compound, or substance to a patient deliberately to aid in dying or assists or performs any medical procedure deliberately to aid in dying is guilty of a Class C felony.
(Act 2017-231, §4.)
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