(1) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the attending provider or the hospice medical director shall sign the death certificate of a qualified individual who obtained and self-administered medical aid-in-dying medication.(2) When a death has occurred in accordance with this article, the cause of death shall be listed as the underlying terminal illness and the death does not constitute grounds for post-mortem inquiry under section 30-10-606 (1), C.R.S.Amended by 2024 Ch. 406,§ 8, eff. 8/7/2024.Initiated 2016: Entire article added, Proposition 106, L. 2017, p. 2808, §1, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 16, 2016.2024 Ch. 406, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
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