ALT As of March 17, 2021, persons who wish to receive MAID must meet the following eligibility criteria: be 18 years of age or older and have decision-making capacity be eligible for publicly funded health care services make a voluntary request that is not the result of external pressure give informed consent to receive MAID, meaning that the person has consented to receiving MAID after they have received all information needed to make this decision have a serious and incurable illness, disease or disability (excluding a mental illness until March 17, 2027) be in an advanced state of irreversible decline in capability have enduring and intolerable physical or psychological suffering that cannot be alleviated under conditions the person considers acceptable