159Storage at residential facilities and health care establishments

159 Storage at residential facilities and health care establishments

159 Storage at residential facilities and health care establishments

(1) This section applies to a voluntary assisted dying substance stored at a residential facility or health care establishment on behalf of a patient.

Note—

The Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022, section 89(2)(d) provides a residential facility or health care establishment may refuse to store a voluntary assisted dying substance.

(2) The locked box, in which the substance must be stored under the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022, section 79, must be kept—

(a) in a room that is kept securely locked when not in immediate use, or

(b) in a receptacle that is—

(i) securely attached to a part of the premises, and

(ii) kept securely locked when not in immediate use.