45 CFR 1643.2
§ 1643.2 Definitions.
United States · 45 CFR — Public Welfare · Status: effective
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- 45 CFR 1643.2, § 1643.2 Definitions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/221815
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(a) Assisted suicide means the provision of any means to another person with the intent of enabling or assisting that person to commit suicide.
(b) Euthanasia (or mercy killing) is the use of active means by one person to cause the death of another person for reasons assumed to be merciful, regardless of whether the person killed consents to be killed.
(c) Suicide means the act or instance of taking one's own life voluntarily and intentionally.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.