VERMONT
Assisted Suicide is Legal
2023—S26 /H190, which remove the residency requirement for patients to receive physician-assisted suicide, were introduced. H190 passed both chambers and was signed by the Governor in May 2023.
2022—S-74 (enacted as Act 97) removed requirement that physician examine the patient in person (allowing telemedicine for prescribing lethal drugs); removed 48-hour wait before writing the prescription; and broadens immunity for those “acting in good faith” with the law.
See Dr. Sharon Quick’s comments in opposition to Vermont S 74 2022
2015—S108 (Act 27) removed sunset clause from the assisted suicide law.
2013—S77 (Act 39), called the “Patient Choice at End of Life Act,” which legalized physician-assisted suicide, passes both chambers and is signed by Governor Shumlin.
