84Private self-administration certificate

84 Private self-administration certificate

(1)  If –

(a) a person gives to the person’s AHP a private self-administration request; and

(b) the person’s AHP is satisfied that the person will be able to self-administer a VAD substance –

the person’s AHP must complete and sign a private self-administration certificate.

(2)  A person’s AHP must not complete and sign a private self-administration certificate unless subsection (1) applies.

(3)  For the purposes of this Act, a private self-administration certificate is an instrument, in the approved form, certifying that the person is entitled to self-administer a VAD substance in accordance with section 91 and without the person’s AHP being required to comply with sections 87 and 88 .

(4)  A person’s AHP must, as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any case within 48 hours, after completing and signing under subsection (1) a private self-administration certificate in relation to the person, provide a copy of the certificate to –

(a) the person; and

(b) if the person’s AHP is not the person’s PMP, the person’s PMP; and

(c) the Commission.