ORS § 163.193

Current through 2024 Regular Session legislation effective June 6, 2024
Section 163.193 - Assisting another person to commit suicide
(1) A person commits the crime of assisting another person to commit suicide if the person knowingly sells, or otherwise transfers for consideration, any substance or object, that is capable of causing death, to another person for the purpose of assisting the other person to commit suicide.
(2) This section does not apply to a person:
(a) Acting pursuant to a court order, an advance directive or a form for appointing a health care representative pursuant to ORS 127.505 to 127.660 or a POLST, as defined in ORS 127.663;
(b) Withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining procedures or artificially administered nutrition and hydration pursuant to ORS 127.505 to 127.660; or
(c) Acting in accordance with the provisions of ORS 127.800 to 127.897.
(3) Assisting another person to commit suicide is a Class B felony.

ORS 163.193

Amended by 2018 Ch. 36, § 27, eff. 91 days after sine die, op. 1/1/2019.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 1, § 10, eff. 1/1/2014.
2011 c. 552, § 2

163.193 was added to and made a part of 163.160 to 163.208 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.