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End-of-Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Act 2021
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### 9 Authorised medical practitioners
> For the purposes of this Act, a person is an authorised medical practitioner in relation to a person if –
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> > > (a) the person is a medical practitioner; and
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> > > (b) the person has practised as a medical practitioner for at least 5 years after vocational registration as a general practitioner or after completing a fellowship with a specialist medical college; and
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> > > (c) the person has relevant experience in treating or managing the disease, illness, injury, or medical condition expected to cause the death of the person; and
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> > > (d) the medical practitioner has successfully completed an approved voluntary assisted dying training course within the 5-year period immediately before the person makes a first request to the medical practitioner under [section 18](#GS18@EN) or is referred to the medical practitioner under [section 37(1)](#GS37@Gs1@EN) ; and
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> > > (e) the medical practitioner is not a member of the family of the person; and
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> > > (f) the medical practitioner does not know or believe that he or she is likely to, either directly or indirectly, benefit from, or directly or indirectly receive a financial benefit as a result of, the death of the person, other than by receiving reasonable fees for the provision of services as the PMP, CMP or AHP of the person.