21-5407. Assisting suicide. (a) Assisting suicide is:
(1) Knowingly, by force or duress, causing another person to commit or attempt to commit suicide; or
(2) intentionally assisting another person to commit or to attempt to commit suicide by:
(A) Providing the physical means by which another person commits or attempts to commit suicide; or
(B) participating in a physical act by which another person commits or attempts to commit suicide.
(b) Assisting suicide as defined in:
(1) Subsection (a)(1) is a severity level 3, person felony; and
(2) subsection (a)(2) is a severity level 9, person felony.
History: L. 2010, ch. 136, ยง 42; July 1, 2011.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments
Article 54 - Crimes Against Persons
21-5402 Murder in the first degree.
21-5403 Murder in the second degree.
21-5404 Voluntary manslaughter.
21-5405 Involuntary manslaughter.
21-5408 Kidnapping; aggravated kidnapping.
21-5409 Interference with parental custody; aggravated interference with parental custody.
21-5410 Interference with custody of a committed person.
21-5414 Domestic battery; aggravated domestic battery.
21-5415 Criminal threat; aggravated criminal threat.
21-5416 Mistreatment of a confined person.
21-5417 Mistreatment of a dependent adult; mistreatment of an elder person.
21-5419 Application of certain crimes to an unborn child.
21-5420 Robbery; aggravated robbery.
21-5422 Illegal use of weapons of mass destruction.
21-5423 Furtherance of terrorism or illegal use of weapons of mass destruction.
21-5424 Exposing another to a life threatening communicable disease.
21-5425 Unlawful administration of a substance.
21-5426 Human trafficking; aggravated human trafficking.
21-5430 Distribution of a controlled substance causing great bodily harm or death.