Vt. Stat. tit. 18 § 5284

Current through L. 2024, c. 90.
Section 5284 - No duty to aid

A patient with a terminal condition who self-administers a lethal dose of medication shall not be considered to be a person exposed to grave physical harm under 12 V.S.A. § 519, and no person shall be subject to civil or criminal liability solely for being present when a patient with a terminal condition self-administers a lethal dose of medication or for not acting to prevent the patient from self-administering a lethal dose of medication.

18 V.S.A. § 5284

Added 2013, No. 39 , § 1, eff. 5/20/2013.