38Restrictions on referral to more than one medical practitioner

38 Restrictions on referral to more than one medical practitioner

(1)  A person’s PMP must not refer the person under section 37(1) to a medical practitioner if 2 CMPs in relation to the person have determined a referral, made to them by the PMP under section 37(1) , by determining under section 47(b) that the person is not eligible to access voluntary assisted dying.

(2)  A person’s PMP must not refer the person under section 37(1) to a medical practitioner after a CMP in relation to the person determines under section 47(b) that the person is not eligible to access voluntary assisted dying, unless the PMP –

(a) has informed the person of the determination by the CMP; and

(b) has obtained the permission of the person to the referral by the PMP, under section 37(1) , of the person to another medical practitioner.