VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2017 (NO. 61 OF 2017) - SECT 45 What is authorised by self-administration permit?

VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2017 (NO. 61 OF 2017) - SECT 45

A self-administration permit in respect of a person specified in the permit authorises—

        (a)     the co-ordinating medical practitioner for the person, for the purpose of causing the person's death, to prescribe and supply the voluntary assisted dying substance specified in the permit to the person that—

              (i)     is able to be self-administered; and

              (ii)     is of a sufficient dose to cause death; and

        (b)     the person to obtain, possess, store, use and self-administer the voluntary assisted dying substance; and

        (c)     in the case of the death of the person, within 15 days after the date of the person's death, the contact person specified in the permit—

              (i)     to possess and store the unused or remaining voluntary assisted dying substance (if any) for the purpose of returning it to a pharmacist at the dispensing pharmacy; and

              (ii)     to carry and transport the unused or remaining voluntary assisted dying substance to a pharmacist at the dispensing pharmacy; and

        (d)     in the case that the person decides to make a request under section 53 or decides not to self-administer, or in the case of an order made by VCAT to return the voluntary assisted dying substance to the dispensing pharmacy, a contact person specified in the permit—

              (i)     to possess and store the voluntary assisted dying substance (if any) that has been dispensed to the person; and

              (ii)     to carry and transport the voluntary assisted dying substance to a pharmacist at the dispensing pharmacy.