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Oregon Revised Statutes
Title 13 - PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS; POWERS OF ATTORNEY; TRUSTSChapter 127 - POWERS OF ATTORNEY; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES FOR HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN ORDERS FOR LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENT REGISTRY; DECLARATIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT; DEATH WITH DIGNITYTHE OREGON DEATH WITH DIGNITY ACT
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Section 127.880 - Section 3.14. Construction of Act

ORS § 127.880

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Section 127.880 - Section 3.14. Construction of Act

Nothing in ORS 127.800 to 127.897 shall be construed to authorize a physician or any other person to end a patient's life by lethal injection, mercy killing or active euthanasia. Actions taken in accordance with ORS 127.800 to 127.897 shall not, for any purpose, constitute suicide, assisted suicide, mercy killing or homicide, under the law.

ORS 127.880

1995 c.3 § 3.14