The End of Life Option Act

The End of Life Option Act authorizes an adult who meets certain qualifications, and who has been determined by his or her attending physician to be suffering from a terminal disease to request a drug for the purpose of ending his or her life.  The Act includes procedures for requesting end-of-life drugs, and specified forms and information to be documented in the individual’s medical record.

The Act also allows healthcare providers to refuse to participate in these end-of-life activities.  It authorizes a healthcare provider to prohibit its employees, independent contractors, or other persons or entities, from participating in end-of-life activities while on the Facility premises, or while acting within the course and scope of any employment or contract with the Facility.

Generations Healthcare refuses to participate in end-of-life activities under the Act. Generations Healthcare also prohibits its employees, and all physicians, consultants, and Nurse Practitioners who provide care and treatment to patients in its facilities from participating in end-of-life activities under the Act while on these premises.