Understanding MAiD Eligibility - Plain Language Edition

This is the big one. It’s the part people tend to think of when they ask, “Do I qualify for MAiD?”

The law says a person must have a grievous and irremediable medical condition. Those are legal words, not medical ones — and they sound more intimidating than they actually are. “Grievous” just means serious. “Irremediable” means incurable, as in there are no medical interventions that can be expected to provide enduring improvement or restore acceptable levels of function.