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VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2017 (NO. 61 OF 2017) - SECT 46 What is authorised by practitioner administration permit?

VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2017 (NO. 61 OF 2017) - SECT 46

What is authorised by practitioner administration permit?

A practitioner administration permit in respect of a person specified in the permit authorises the co-ordinating medical practitioner for the person, for the purpose of causing the person's death—

        (a)     to prescribe and supply to the person a sufficient dose of the voluntary assisted dying substance specified in the permit; and

        (b)     in the presence of a witness receive an administration request; and

        (c)     to possess, use, and administer in the presence of a witness, the voluntary assisted dying substance to the person if—

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

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

              (iii)     the person in requesting access to voluntary assisted dying is acting voluntarily and without coercion; and

              (iv)     the person's request to access voluntary assisted dying is enduring; and

              (v)     the person is administered the voluntary assisted dying substance immediately after making the administration request.

Division 2—Voluntary assisted dying permits