83Private self-administration request

83 Private self-administration request

(1)  A person may give to the person’s AHP a private self-administration request if the person’s PMP has determined a final request by the person by determining that the person is eligible to access voluntary assisted dying.

(2)  A private self-administration request is an instrument in writing, in the approved form, that –

(a) contains a request for permission to self-administer a VAD substance in accordance with section 91 and to do so without the person’s AHP being required to comply with sections 87 and 88 ; and

(b) is –

(i) completed, and signed, by the person; or

(ii) if the person is unable to complete or sign the instrument – completed and signed by an adult who is designated by the person to complete or sign, or to complete and sign, the instrument on the person’s behalf.

(3)  A person may not designate under subsection (2)(b)(ii) the person’s PMP, CMP or AHP to complete or sign, or complete and sign, a private self-administration request on the person’s behalf.