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VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2017 (NO. 61 OF 2017) - SECT 10

Minimum requirements for co-ordinating medical practitioners and consulting medical practitioners

    (1)     Each co-ordinating medical practitioner and consulting medical practitioner must—

        (a)     hold a fellowship with a specialist medical college; or

        (b)     be a vocationally registered general practitioner.

    (2)     Either the co-ordinating medical practitioner or each consulting medical practitioner must have practised as a registered medical practitioner for at least 5 years after completing a fellowship with a specialist medical college or vocational registration (as the case requires).

    (3)     Either the co-ordinating medical practitioner or each consulting medical practitioner must have relevant expertise and experience in the disease, illness or medical condition expected to cause the death of the person being assessed.

Division 2—First request



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