Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 542, Sec. 5. (SB 380) Effective January 1, 2022.
(a)A request for an aid-in-dying drug as authorized by this part shall be in the following form:
(b)(1) The written language of the request shall be
written in the same translated language as any conversations, consultations, or interpreted conversations or consultations between a patient and their attending or consulting physicians.
(2)Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the written request may be prepared in English even when the conversations or consultations or interpreted conversations or consultations were conducted in a language other than English if the English language form includes an attached interpreter’s declaration that is signed under penalty of perjury. The interpreter’s declaration shall state words to the effect that:
(3)An interpreter whose services are provided pursuant to paragraph (2) shall not be related to the qualified individual by blood, marriage, registered domestic partnership, or adoption or be entitled to a portion of the person’s estate upon death. An interpreter whose services are provided pursuant to paragraph (2) shall meet the standards promulgated by the California Healthcare Interpreting Association or the National Council on Interpreting in Health Care or other standards deemed acceptable by the department for health care providers in California.
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