2025 Delaware Code
Title 16 - Health and Safety
Chapter 25C. End of Life Options [For application of this chapter, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3]
§ 2504C. Qualified patients: requirements [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3].
(a) An individual who meets all of the following requirements is a qualified patient under this chapter:
(1) The individual is an adult resident of Delaware.
(2) The individual's attending physician or attending APRN has completed all of the requirements under § 2508C of this title.
(3) A consulting physician or consulting APRN has completed all of the requirements under § 2509C of this title.
(4) The individual has made an informed decision to voluntarily request medication to end their life in a humane and dignified manner, under § 2505C of this title.
(b) An individual cannot be a qualified patient under this section solely because of the individual's age or disability.
(c) A request for medication to end their life in a humane and dignified manner must be made by the individual with a terminal illness and may not be made by any other individual, including the terminally-ill individual's guardian or other surrogate health-care decision maker or by the individual in an advance health-care directive.
85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 1;
