An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying) = Loi modifiant le Code criminel (aide médicale à mourir).: YB441-248/1-PDF
"This enactment amends the Criminal Code to (a) permit an individual whose death is not reasonably foreseeable to enter into a written arrangement to receive medical assistance in dying on a specified day if they lose the capacity to consent to receiving medical assistance in dying prior to that day; and (b) permit an individual who has been diagnosed with a serious and incurable illness, disease or disability to make a written declaration to waive the requirement for final consent when receiving medical assistance in dying if they lose the capacity to consent to receive medical assistance in dying, are suffering from symptoms outlined in the written declaration and have met all other relevant safeguards outlined in the Criminal Code"--Summary, page ii.
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| Title | An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying) = Loi modifiant le Code criminel (aide médicale à mourir). |
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| Publication type | Monograph - View Master Record |
| Language | Bilingual-[English | French] |
| Format | Digital text |
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| Parallel description | [French] |
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| Description | 1 online resource (ii, 3, 1 pages). |
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