Information for Pharmacists
For information on pharmacies in Vermont that fill medical aid in dying prescriptions, please contact PCV using the contact form or call 802-448-0542.
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In response to inquiries about the pharmacist’s role under this law, the Vermont Attorney General’s Office provides the following statement:
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"The Legislature intended that, where all statutory requirements are met, terminally ill patients have the option to obtain medication that they may choose to self-administer for the purpose of hastening death. The statute expressly contemplates a role for a pharmacist in filling a prescription for this purpose (although a pharmacist is not required to do so). Given the Legislature’s intent, a pharmacist does not violate the law and does not face liability for filling a prescription consistent with the terms of the statute, even though the pharmacist knows that the patient intends to self-administer the medication for the purpose of hastening death."
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Since enactment of Act 39 in 2013, no legal challenges have been raised against any pharmacist or doctor in connection with medical aid in dying.