End of Life Options Act – Medical Aid in Dying
END OF LIFE OPTIONS ACT—MEDICAL AID IN DYING – PATHWAYS POLICY AND PROCEDURES:
{All California Hospices are required by the revised law, CA-SB380 Medical Aid-in-Dying, to post prominently their policy regarding Aid-In-Dying}
- Pathways participates fully in discussions of medical aid and dying but our hospice does not provide aid-in-dying attending/prescribing physicians.
- Our hospice will provide referrals to organizations or clinicians that will provide aid-in-dying evaluations and care.
- Patients considering aid-in-dying can also contact the Patient to Doctor Referral System of the American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying https://www.acamaid.org.
- We will also encourage you to talk with your primary and/or specialty doctors as they may be willing to accommodate you with your request for medical aid and dying.
- Our hospice requires that clinical staff who are present on the aid-in-dying day leave the room at the time of the medication ingestion.
- Referrals to aid-in-dying skilled professionals can be obtained from the American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying, at https://www.acamaid.org/pt2attendantintake/.