Rhode Island General Laws
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-60-3 (2026)
Prevention of assisted suicide
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An individual or licensed health care practitioner who with the purpose of assisting another person to commit suicide knowingly:
(1) Provides the physical means by which another person commits or attempts to commit suicide; or
(2) Participates in a physical act by which another person commits or attempts to commit suicide is guilty of a felony and upon conviction may be punished by imprisonment for up to ten (10) years, by a fine of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or both.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 2007–2015 · leading case: Morris v. Brandenburg, 2015 NMCA 100 (N.M. Ct. App. 2015).
Morris v. Brandenburg, 2015 NMCA 100 (N.M. Ct. App. 2015). “Laws § 11-60-3 (1996) (prohibiting licensed healthcare practitioners from providing another the physical means to commit suicide), and is potentially prohibited in the majority of remaining jurisdictions by blanket manslaughter statutes similar to Section 30-2-4.”
In Re Extradition of Exoo, 522 F. Supp. 2d 766 (S.D.W. Va 2007). “R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-60-3 — An individual .”
Morris v. Brandenburg (N.M. Ct. App. 2015). “1-16-04 13 (1991) (prohibiting the issuance of prescriptions for the purpose of assisting suicide); 14 R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-60-3 (1996) (prohibiting licensed healthcare practitioners from 15 providing another the physical means to commit suicide), and is potentially prohibited 16…”
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