AB1078,4,2424 (c) The probable result of taking the medication to be prescribed.
AB1078,5,3
1(d) The feasible end-of-life care and treatment options for the individual's
2terminal disease, including comfort care, palliative care, hospice care and pain
3control, and the risks and benefits of each.
AB1078,5,54 (e) The individual's right to withdraw a request under this chapter or consent
5for any other treatment at any time.
AB1078,5,9 6(8) Notwithstanding sub. (13), “licensed mental health care provider” means
7a psychiatrist, psychologist, clinical social worker, psychiatric nurse practitioner,
8clinical mental health counselor, or clinical professional counselor licensed, certified,
9or otherwise credentialed in this state.
AB1078,5,12 10(9) “Medical aid in dying” means the practice of evaluating a request,
11determining qualification, and providing a prescription to a qualified individual
12under this chapter.
AB1078,5,15 13(10) “Medically confirmed” means that a consulting provider, after performing
14a medical evaluation, has confirmed an attending provider's medical opinion that an
15individual is eligible to receive medication under this chapter.
AB1078,5,19 16(11) “Mentally capable” means that in the opinion of an attending provider or
17consulting provider, or a licensed mental health care provider if a determination is
18requested under s. 156.17, an individual requesting medication under this chapter
19has the ability to make and communicate an informed decision.
AB1078,5,22 20(12) “Prognosis of six months or less” means an individual's terminal disease
21will, within reasonable medical judgment, result in the death of that individual
22within six months.
AB1078,6,2 23(13) “Provider” means a person licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized or
24permitted by this state to diagnose and treat medical conditions and prescribe and

1dispense medication, including controlled substances, but does not include a health
2care facility. Provider includes any of the following:
AB1078,6,33 (a) A physician licensed under ch. 448.
AB1078,6,44 (b) An advanced practice registered nurse, as defined in s. 154.01 (1g).
AB1078,6,55 (c) A physician assistant licensed under subch. VIII of ch. 448.
AB1078,6,9 6(14) “Qualified individual” means a mentally capable adult who has satisfied
7the requirements of this chapter in order to obtain a prescription for medication to
8bring about a peaceful death. No person will be considered a “qualified individual”
9under this chapter solely because of advanced age or disability.
AB1078,6,13 10(15) “Self-administer” means a qualified individual performs an affirmative,
11conscious, and voluntary act to ingest medication prescribed under this chapter to
12bring about the individual's peaceful death. Self-administration does not include
13administration by intravenous or other parenteral injection or infusion.
AB1078,6,16 14(16) “Terminal disease” means an incurable and irreversible disease that has
15been medically confirmed and will, within reasonable medical judgment, produce
16death within six months.
AB1078,6,20 17156.05 Informed consent. (1) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to
18limit the information a provider must provide to an individual in order to comply
19with the medical standard of care and with informed consent requirements under
20state law.
AB1078,6,22 21(2) If a provider is unable or unwilling to fulfill a request for medication under
22this chapter, the provider shall proceed as required under s. 156.21 (2).
AB1078,7,2 23(3) Failure by a provider to provide information about medical aid in dying to
24an individual who requests it, or failure to refer the individual to another provider

1who can provide the information upon request, shall constitute a failure to obtain
2informed consent for subsequent medical treatments.
AB1078,7,4 3156.07 Standard of care. (1) Care that complies with the requirements of
4this chapter meets the medical standard of care.
AB1078,7,7 5(2) Nothing in this chapter exempts a provider or other medical personnel from
6meeting the medical standard of care for the treatment of individuals with a terminal
7disease.
AB1078,7,12 8156.09 Qualification. (1) A mentally capable adult with a terminal disease
9and a prognosis of six months or less may request a prescription for medication under
10this chapter. A qualified individual shall have made an oral request and a written
11request, and reiterated the oral request to the individual's attending provider no less
12than 15 days after making the initial oral request.
AB1078,7,15 13(2) The attending provider and consulting provider of a qualified individual
14shall have met each of their respective requirements as set forth in ss. 156.13 and
15156.15.
AB1078,7,21 16(3) Notwithstanding sub. (1), if an individual's attending provider has
17medically determined that the individual will, within reasonable medical judgment,
18die within 15 days after making an initial oral request under sub. (1), the 15-day
19waiting period set forth in sub. (1) is waived and the individual may reiterate the oral
20request to the attending provider as required under sub. (1) at any time after making
21the initial oral request.
AB1078,7,23 22(4) At the time an individual makes the second oral request, the individual's
23attending provider shall offer the individual an opportunity to rescind the request.
AB1078,8,2 24(5) Oral and written requests for medical aid in dying may be made only by the
25requesting individual and may not be made by the individual's surrogate

1decision-maker, health care proxy, attorney-in-fact for health care, or through an
2advance health care directive.
AB1078,8,6 3(6) If an individual decides to transfer care to another provider, the former
4provider shall transfer all relevant medical records, including written
5documentation of the date of the individual's request or requests concerning medical
6aid in dying.
AB1078,8,12 7156.11 Form of written request. (1) A valid written request for medication
8under this chapter shall be signed and dated by the requesting individual, and
9witnessed by at least one person who, in the presence of the requesting individual,
10attests that, to the best of the witness's knowledge and belief, the individual is
11capable, acting voluntarily, and is not being coerced nor unduly influenced to sign the
12request.
AB1078,8,14 13(2) The witness required under this section must be a person who is not any
14of the following:
AB1078,8,1515 (a) A relative of the requesting individual by blood, marriage, or adoption.