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VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2017 (NO. 61 OF 2017) - SECT 76

Mandatory notification by employer

    (1)     An employer of a registered health practitioner must notify the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency as soon as practicable after forming a belief on reasonable grounds that the registered health practitioner

        (a)     who provides health services or professional care services to a person is—

              (i)     in the course of providing those services to the person, initiating a discussion or attempting to initiate a discussion with that person that is in substance about voluntary assisted dying that is not, or would not be, in accordance with this Act; or

              (ii)     in substance, suggesting or attempting to suggest voluntary assisted dying to the person that is not, or would not be, in accordance with this Act; or

        (b)     is offering to provide or attempting to provide access to voluntary assisted dying in a manner that is not, or would not be, in accordance with this Act.

    (2)     In this section—

"employer" of a registered health practitioner means an entity that employs the registered health practitioner under a contract of employment or a contract for services.



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