30-2-4. Assisting suicide.
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A. Assisting suicide consists of deliberately aiding another in the taking of the person's own life, unless the person aiding another in the taking of the person's own life is a person acting in accordance with the provisions of the End-of-Life Options Act [Chapter 24, Article 7C NMSA 1978].
B. A person who commits assisting suicide is guilty of a fourth degree felony.
History: 1953 Comp., § 40A-2-5, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 2-5; 2021, ch. 132, § 10.