Table 2.

 External and internal controls of right to die organisations

	Switzerland	Oregon
External controls
Statute regulating assisted suicide	None. Assistance is permissible provided that assistant was not motivated by selfish reasons. Person seeking assistance must have legal capacity to make request	Death with Dignity Act and concomitant administrative regulations. Any help outside the act is considered second degree manslaughter
Statutes controlling lethal drugs	Law on Pharmaceutical Products relating to dispensing, Swiss Narcotics Law	Federal Controlled Substances Act and state Pharmacy Practice Act
Statutes regulating organisations	None	Federal internal revenue codes regarding political activities of non-profit organisations
Persons permitted to provide information and counselling on assisted suicide	Anyone	Anyone
Persons permitted to assist a suicide	Anyone	Doctors may assess, prescribe, and dispense lethal dose; pharmacists can dispense
Internal controls
Internal guidelines	Yes	Yes
Board of directors	Yes	Yes
Standing ethics committee	Yes (as needed)	No (but consultants available)
Post-assistance review	Yes	Yes