VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2017 (NO. 61 OF 2017) - SECT 13 Registered medical practitioner must accept or refuse first request

VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2017 (NO. 61 OF 2017) - SECT 13

    (1)     Within 7 days after receiving a first request

from a person, the registered medical practitioner to whom the request was made must inform the person that the practitioner—

        (a)     accepts the first request; or

        (b)     refuses the first request because the practitioner—

              (i)     has a conscientious objection to voluntary assisted dying; or

              (ii)     believes that the practitioner will

not be able to perform the duties of co-ordinating medical practitioner due to unavailability; or

              (iii)     is required under subsection (2) to refuse the first request.

    (2)     The registered medical practitioner must not accept the first request unless the practitioner—

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

        (b)     is a vocationally registered general practitioner.