VT H0075

Expands Vermont's patient choice at end-of-life law to allow nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and naturopathic physicians to participate in the medical aid-in-dying process, which currently permits only physicians to prescribe life-ending medication to terminally ill patients.

Authorizes naturopathic physicians to sign and issue do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders and clinician orders for life-sustaining treatment (COLST), adding them to the list of clinicians already permitted to issue these orders.

Replaces the term "physician" with "clinician" throughout the Patient Choice at End of Life chapter (18 V.S.A. chapter 113) to reflect the expanded scope of authorized practitioners.

Maintains all existing safeguards for medical aid in dying, including the requirement for two oral requests at least 15 days apart, a written request with two witnesses, confirmation of terminal condition by a second clinician, and verification that the patient is capable and acting voluntarily.

Takes effect on July 1, 2025.