(b) The attending and consulting physicians of a qualified patient shall have met all the requirements of Sections 35 and 40.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), if the individual's attending physician has medically determined that the individual will, within reasonable medical judgment, die within 5 days after making the initial oral request under this Section, the individual may satisfy the requirements of this Section by providing a written request and reiterating the oral request to the attending physician at any time after making the initial oral request.
(d) At the time the patient makes the second oral request, the attending physician shall offer the patient an opportunity to rescind the request.
(e) Oral and written requests for aid in dying may be made only by the patient and shall not be made by the patient's surrogate decision-maker, health care proxy, health care agent, attorney-in-fact for health care, guardian, nor via advance health care directive.
(f) If a requesting patient decides to transfer care to an alternative physician, the records custodian shall, upon written request, transmit, without undue delay, the patient's medical records, including written documentation of the dates of the patient's requests concerning aid in dying.
(g) A transfer of care or medical records does not toll or restart any waiting period.
(Source: P.A. 104-441, eff. 9-12-26.)
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