128EStorage at health care establishments and residential facilities

128E Storage at health care establishments and residential facilities

128E Storage at health care establishments and residential facilities

(1) If a voluntary assisted dying substance is kept at a health care establishment or residential facility on behalf of a patient, the substance must be stored in the steel box required by the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022, section 79 and the box must be kept—

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

(b) in a safe, cupboard or other receptacle that is—

(i) securely attached to the establishment or facility, and

(ii) securely locked when not in immediate use.

Note—

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

(2) In this clause—

health care establishment has the same meaning as in the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022.

residential facility has the same meaning as in the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022.

cl 128E: Ins 2016 (409), Sch 1 [9]. Rep 2018 (655), Sch 1 [21]. Ins 2023 (548), Sch 1[6].