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End-of-Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Act 2021
38Restrictions on referral to more than one medical practitioner
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### 38 Restrictions on referral to more than one medical practitioner
> > (1) A person’s PMP must not refer the person under [section 37(1)](#GS37@Gs1@EN) 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)](#GS37@Gs1@EN) , by determining under [section 47(b)](#GS47@Hpb@EN) that the person is not eligible to access voluntary assisted dying.
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> > (2) A person’s PMP must not refer the person under [section 37(1)](#GS37@Gs1@EN) to a medical practitioner after a CMP in relation to the person determines under [section 47(b)](#GS47@Hpb@EN) that the person is not eligible to access voluntary assisted dying, unless the PMP –
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> > > > (a) has informed the person of the determination by the CMP; and
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> > > > (b) has obtained the permission of the person to the referral by the PMP, under [section 37(1)](#GS37@Gs1@EN) , of the person to another medical practitioner.