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End-of-Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Act 2021
79AHP may refer person to another person, &c.
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### 79 AHP may refer person to another person, &c.
> > (1) A person’s AHP may, for the purpose of enabling the AHP to determine for the purposes of [section 78](#GS78@EN) the decision-making capacity of the person or whether the person is acting voluntarily, do any one or more of the following:
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> > > > (a) refer the person to another medical practitioner for examination;
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> > > > (b) request the person to provide to the AHP all information that the AHP reasonably requires in order to make the determination;
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> > > > (c) request a medical practitioner to provide to the AHP copies of the medical records of the person that are in the possession of the medical practitioner and that the AHP reasonably requires in order for the AHP to make the determination;
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> > > > (d) request a person (a ***medical record holder***) to provide to the PMP copies of medical records, in relation to the person, that are held or stored by the medical record holder and that the PMP requires in order to make the determination;
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> > > > (e) request a psychiatrist, psychologist, registered health practitioner, or any other person who the AHP thinks fit, to provide to the AHP the information (which may include any medical records) that the AHP reasonably requires in order to make the determination.
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> > (2) A person to whom a request is made under [subsection (1)](#GS79@Gs1@EN) must not fail, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the request as soon as reasonably practicable.