Vermont § 5282 - Right to information The rights of a patient under section 1871 of this title to be informed of all available options related to terminal care and under 12 V.S.A. § 1909
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§ 5282. Right to information The rights of a patient under section 1871 of this title to be informed of all available options related to terminal care and under 12 V.S.A. § 1909
- (d) to receive answers to any specific question about the foreseeable risks and benefits
of medication without the physician’s withholding any requested information exist
regardless of the purpose of the inquiry or the nature of the information. A physician
who engages in discussions with a patient related to such risks and benefits in the
circumstances described in this chapter shall not be construed to be assisting in
or contributing to a patient’s independent decision to self-administer a lethal dose
of medication, and such discussions shall not be used to establish civil or criminal
liability or professional disciplinary action. (Added 2013, No. 39, § 1, eff. May 20, 2013.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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