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 –
(a) has ceased to be the person’s PMP; or
(b) is informed under section 16(1) by a person that the person no longer wishes to access voluntary assisted dying or is notified under section 16(5)(b) by the person’s AHP that the person no longer wishes to access voluntary assisted dying; or
(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.