On April 12, 2019, Governor Murphy signed into law the Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act (the “Act”), which will become effective on August 1, 2019. NJ has become the eighth state to enact legislation to allow a qualified, terminally ill patient who is protected by safeguards to obtain medication that the patient chooses to self-administer in order to bring about the patient’s humane and dignified death. This new legislation has major implications for all physicians caring for terminally ill patients who are NJ residents, as defined by the law.

The Act defines the process to . . .