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Spain's 2021 law gives adults with a serious and incurable illness, or a serious, chronic and disabling condition, the right to request help to die, after two written requests at least 15 days apart and information about palliative care.
Spain, organic law of 24 March 2021, published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado on 25 March 2021 (BOE-A-2021-4628) and in force three months after publication. Article 5 sets the requirements to receive the 'prestación de ayuda para morir': Spanish nationality, legal residence or registered residence of more than twelve months; being of age and capable and conscious when requesting; having in writing the information on the medical process and alternatives, including access to comprehensive palliative care; two voluntary written requests at least fifteen calendar days apart (a shorter interval is allowed if loss of capacity is imminent); suffering from a serious and incurable illness or a serious, chronic and disabling condition, certified by the responsible doctor; and informed consent. Where the person has lost capacity, a prior advance directive or living will can stand in for the requests.
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Shares Netherlands Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide (Review Procedures) Act (2001), Early integrated palliative care.
Shares California End of Life Option Act (2015), Oregon Death with Dignity Act (1997), Washington Death with Dignity Act (Initiative 1000, 2008), Early integrated palliative care.
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