The law allows physicians to choose whether or not to participate. If an attending physician declines to participate, they must inform the patient of their refusal to participate, document the patient’s request for the End of Life Option Act in the medical record, and transfer their medical record upon request to a physician who is willing to act as a prescriber. Stanford Health Care will assist in identifying a willing physician prescriber. If a patient is establishing care with a new physician for the purposes for obtaining a prescription under EOLA (eg., if their clinician has chosen not to be a prescriber), their new prescriber may require more than one visit prior to writing the prescription.