§ 11-60-3 - Prevention of assisted suicide. - Rhode-island Statutes

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SECTION 11-60-3

§ 11-60-3 Prevention of assisted suicide.– An individual or licensed health care practitioner who with the purpose ofassisting another person to commit suicide knowingly:

(1) Provides the physical means by which another personcommits or attempts to commit suicide; or

(2) Participates in a physical act by which another personcommits or attempts to commit suicide is guilty of a felony and upon convictionmay be punished by imprisonment for up to ten (10) years, by a fine of up toten thousand dollars ($10,000) or both.

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SECTION 11-60-3

§ 11-60-3 Prevention of assisted suicide.– An individual or licensed health care practitioner who with the purpose ofassisting another person to commit suicide knowingly:

(1) Provides the physical means by which another personcommits or attempts to commit suicide; or

(2) Participates in a physical act by which another personcommits or attempts to commit suicide is guilty of a felony and upon convictionmay be punished by imprisonment for up to ten (10) years, by a fine of up toten thousand dollars ($10,000) or both.

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SECTION 11-60-3

§ 11-60-3 Prevention of assisted suicide.– An individual or licensed health care practitioner who with the purpose ofassisting another person to commit suicide knowingly:

(1) Provides the physical means by which another personcommits or attempts to commit suicide; or

(2) Participates in a physical act by which another personcommits or attempts to commit suicide is guilty of a felony and upon convictionmay be punished by imprisonment for up to ten (10) years, by a fine of up toten thousand dollars ($10,000) or both.