California
Authorized · 2016; permanent as of Oct. 3, 2025
- Residency
- Required
- Prognosis
- 6 months or less
- Capacity
- Required
- Self-administration
- Required
- Request process
- Two oral requests at least 48 hours apart, plus a written request.
- Provider review
- Attending + consulting physicians.
California reduced the interval between oral requests to 48 hours in 2022.
Colorado
Authorized · 2016; updated 2024
- Residency
- Required
- Prognosis
- 6 months or less
- Capacity
- Required
- Self-administration
- Required
- Request process
- Two oral requests at least 7 days apart, plus a written request. The interval may be shortened if death is expected within 48 hours.
- Provider review
- Attending + consulting providers; physicians or APRNs may serve in these roles.
Colorado expanded eligible providers and shortened the oral-request interval in 2024.
Delaware
Authorized · Jan. 1, 2026
- Residency
- Required
- Prognosis
- 6 months or less
- Capacity
- Required
- Self-administration
- Required
- Request process
- Two oral requests at least 15 days apart, plus a written request. The written request must be submitted at least 48 hours before medication can be dispensed.
- Provider review
- Attending + consulting physician or APRN.
Delaware’s law became effective January 1, 2026.
District of Columbia
Authorized · 2017
- Residency
- Required
- Prognosis
- 6 months or less
- Capacity
- Required
- Self-administration
- Required
- Request process
- Two oral requests at least 15 days apart, plus a written request before the second oral request and at least 48 hours before medication may be prescribed or dispensed.
- Provider review
- Attending + consulting physicians.
The District uses a traditional two-oral-request process.
Hawai‘i
Authorized · Jan. 1, 2019
- Residency
- Required
- Prognosis
- 6 months or less
- Capacity
- Required
- Self-administration
- Required
- Request process
- Two oral requests at least 5 days apart, plus a written request after eligibility is confirmed.
- Provider review
- Three-provider review: attending + consulting provider + mental-health provider. Physicians and qualified APRNs may serve as attending or consulting providers.
Hawai‘i requires a mental-health capacity evaluation for every participant.
Illinois
Enacted — not yet effective · Sept. 12, 2026
- Residency
- Required
- Prognosis
- 6 months or less
- Capacity
- Required
- Self-administration
- Required
- Request process
- Initial oral request, written request, then a second oral request at least 5 days after the first. The interval may be shortened if death is expected within 5 days.
- Provider review
- Attending + consulting physicians.
As of August 26, 2026, the law is enacted but does not take effect until September 12, 2026.
Maine
Authorized · 2019; waiting-period rules updated 2025
- Residency
- Required
- Prognosis
- 6 months or less
- Capacity
- Required
- Self-administration
- Required
- Request process
- Two oral requests at least 15 days apart, plus a written request no earlier than 15 days after the first oral request; at least 48 hours from written request to prescription. Portions may be waived, but the total wait cannot be less than 7 days.
- Provider review
- Attending + consulting physicians.
Maine revised its waiting-period provisions in 2025.
Montana
Court-authorized · Baxter v. State, 2009
- Residency
- No statutory MAID residency rule
- Prognosis
- Terminally ill*
- Capacity
- Mentally competent
- Self-administration
- Required under the Baxter framework
- Request process
- No detailed statutory request or waiting-period schedule. Montana’s framework comes from the state Supreme Court decision in Baxter v. State.
- Provider review
- Physician; the court decision provides a legal defense rather than a step-by-step statutory program.
*Unlike the statutory programs, Baxter does not establish a detailed six-month MAID eligibility rule. Montana deserves especially careful legal review.
New Jersey
Authorized · Aug. 1, 2019
- Residency
- Required
- Prognosis
- 6 months or less
- Capacity
- Required
- Self-administration
- Required
- Request process
- Two oral requests at least 15 days apart, plus a written request; at least 48 hours from the written request to the prescription.
- Provider review
- Attending + consulting physicians.
New Jersey follows the traditional two-oral-request model.
New Mexico
Authorized · 2021
- Residency
- Required
- Prognosis
- 6 months or less
- Capacity
- Required
- Self-administration
- Required
- Request process
- A voluntary request is evaluated by the prescribing provider. There is generally a 48-hour wait after the prescription is written before it may be filled; the wait may be waived if the patient is unlikely to survive it.
- Provider review
- MD, DO, APRN, or PA may be a prescribing provider; medical confirmation requirements vary, and in most cases two clinicians are involved with at least one MD or DO.
New Mexico does not use the same multi-oral-request structure found in many other states.
New York
Authorized · Aug. 5, 2026
- Residency
- Required
- Prognosis
- Less than 6 months
- Capacity
- Required + mandatory mental-health evaluation
- Self-administration
- Required
- Request process
- One oral request recorded by audio or video, plus a signed written request with two witnesses. Medication cannot be filled until 5 days after the prescription is written.
- Provider review
- Attending + consulting physicians, plus mandatory capacity evaluation by a psychologist or psychiatrist.
New York’s law took effect August 5, 2026 and differs substantially from the older Oregon-style model.
Oregon
Authorized · 1997; residency removed 2023
- Residency
- Not required
- Prognosis
- 6 months or less
- Capacity
- Required
- Self-administration
- Required
- Request process
- Two oral requests at least 15 days apart, plus a written request; normally at least 48 hours from written request to prescription. Waiting periods may be waived when they exceed the patient’s life expectancy.
- Provider review
- Attending + consulting physicians.
Oregon removed its residency requirement in 2023.
Vermont
Authorized · 2013; residency removed May 2, 2023
- Residency
- Not required
- Prognosis
- 6 months or less
- Capacity
- Required
- Self-administration
- Required
- Request process
- Two oral requests at least 15 days apart, plus a written request.
- Provider review
- Prescribing physician + second physician for confirmation.
Vermont eliminated its residency requirement in 2023.
Washington
Authorized · 2009; updated 2023
- Residency
- Required
- Prognosis
- 6 months or less
- Capacity
- Required
- Self-administration
- Required
- Request process
- Two oral requests at least 7 days apart, plus a written request; at least 7 days from the first oral request to the prescription.
- Provider review
- Attending + consulting qualified medical providers; physicians, physician assistants, and ARNPs may qualify.
Washington shortened its waiting period and expanded eligible provider types in 2023.