16Person may withdraw from voluntary assisted dying process at any time

### 16 Person may withdraw from voluntary assisted dying process at any time > > (1)  A person may at any time, orally or in writing, inform the person’s PMP or AHP that the person no longer wishes to access voluntary assisted dying. > > > (2)  If a person’s PMP or AHP is informed by the person under [subsection (1)](#GS16@Gs1@EN) that the person no longer wishes to access voluntary assisted dying, the voluntary assisted dying process, begun by the making of the first request by the person, ceases in relation to the person. > > > (3)  Nothing in [subsection (2)](#GS16@Gs2@EN) is to be taken to prevent a person from making another first request and the voluntary assisted dying process from beginning again, accordingly, in relation to the person. > > > (4)  A person’s PMP who is not the person’s AHP must, if the PMP is informed by the person under [subsection (1)](#GS16@Gs1@EN) that the person no longer wishes to access voluntary assisted dying, as soon as reasonably practicable but in any case within 2 days – > > > > > > (a) make a record, in the person’s medical record, that the person no longer wishes to access voluntary assisted dying; and > > > > > > > (b) notify the person’s AHP, if any, that the person no longer wishes to access voluntary assisted dying; and > > > > > > > (c) notify the person’s CMP, if any, that the person no longer wishes to access voluntary assisted dying; and > > > > > > > (d) notify the Commission, in the approved form, that the person no longer wishes to access voluntary assisted dying. > > > (5)  A person’s AHP who is informed by the person under [subsection (1)](#GS16@Gs1@EN) that the person no longer wishes to access voluntary assisted dying must, as soon as reasonably practicable but in any case within 2 days – > > > > > > (a) if the AHP is a medical practitioner, make a record, in the medical records kept by the practitioner in relation to the person, that the person no longer wishes to access voluntary assisted dying; and > > > > > > > (b) if the AHP is not the person’s PMP, notify the person’s PMP that the person no longer wishes to access voluntary assisted dying; and > > > > > > > (c) notify the Commission, in the approved form, that the person no longer wishes to access voluntary assisted dying. > > > (6)  If a person’s PMP has been notified under [subsection (5)(b)](#GS16@Gs5@Hpb@EN) by the person’s AHP that the person no longer wishes to access voluntary assisted dying, the PMP must, as soon as reasonably practicable but in any case within 2 days – > > > > > > (a) make a record, in the medical records kept in relation to the person by the PMP, that the person no longer wishes to access voluntary assisted dying; and > > > > > > > (b) notify the person’s CMP, if any.