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End-of-Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Act 2021
72PMP to destroy VAD substance prescription in certain circumstances
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### 72 PMP to destroy VAD substance prescription in certain circumstances
> A person who is or was a person’s PMP must destroy any VAD substance prescription that has been issued by the PMP and that has not been given by the PMP to a pharmacist, and notify the Commission of the destruction of the prescription, as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any case within 7 days, after the person who is or was a person’s PMP –
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> > > (a) has ceased to be the person’s PMP; or
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> > > (b) is informed under [section 16(1)](#GS16@Gs1@EN) by a person that the person no longer wishes to access voluntary assisted dying or is notified under [section 16(5)(b)](#GS16@Gs5@Hpb@EN) by the person’s AHP that the person no longer wishes to access voluntary assisted dying; or
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> > > (c) becomes aware that a different VAD substance to the VAD substance specified in the VAD substance prescription is required because there is a private self-administration certificate in relation to the person or because the person no longer intends to self-administer the VAD substance specified in the prescription.