Originally Posted by
Jsbodhi 
So an actual, practicing, licensed physician can administer it?
What about the hippocratic oath? It doesn't prevent the doctors from putting the needle in?
I know they can check vital signs and blood pressure etc, but can they actually be the one who does the actual injection? Does it vary by state I wonder as well.
It's kind of a fuzzy line. ..they can but they don't. It is usually prepped, and administered by other inmates that are "trained". The dr is only there to confirm.