Purpose and intent [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, 3].

(a) A terminally-ill-adult individual who has decision-making capacity has the right to request and self-administer medication to end their life in a humane and dignified manner. (b) An individual should not be coerced, pressured, or otherwise compelled to take medication to end their life and the decision to self-administer medication to end life must be made voluntarily by a terminally-ill-adult individual with decision-making capacity, not by a guardian or other surrogate health-care decision maker or by the individual in an advance health-care directive. (c) Health-care providers should not be subject to civil or criminal liability or professional discipline for honoring a request from a terminally-ill-adult individual for medication to end their life in a humane and dignified manner that is made in compliance with the requirements of this chapter. (d) The self-administration of medication to end life in a humane and dignified manner by a terminally-ill-adult should not impact life insurance or annuity policies.