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VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2017 (NO. 61 OF 2017) - SECT 66

Certification by co-ordinating medical practitioner following administration of voluntary assisted dying substance

    (1)     The co-ordinating medical practitioner for a person who has administered the voluntary assisted dying substance to the person must, in the same co-ordinating medical practitioner administration form completed by the relevant witness, certify in writing that the practitioner is satisfied—

        (a)     the person was physically incapable of the self-administration or digestion of the voluntary assisted dying substance; and

        (b)     the person at the time of making the administration request had decision-making capacity in relation to voluntary assisted dying; and

        (c)     the person in requesting access to voluntary assisted dying acted voluntarily and without coercion; and

        (d)     the person's request to access voluntary assisted dying was enduring.

    (2)     The co-ordinating medical practitioner must within 7 days after administering a voluntary assisted dying substance to a person under a practitioner administration permit give the Board a copy of the co-ordinating medical practitioner administration form completed under subsection (1).

Division 3—Notification of cause of death



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