7Obligations on medical practitioners and counsellors

7 Obligations on medical practitioners and counsellors

(1)  In this section –

counsellor means a person who holds himself or herself out as a provider of a counselling service, or conducts himself or herself in a manner consistent with a provider of a counselling service, whether or not that service or conduct is engaged in, or provided, for fee or reward;

health service means a health service which provides advice, information or counselling on the full range of pregnancy options.

(2)  Subject to subsection (3) , if a woman seeks a termination or advice regarding the full range of pregnancy options from a medical practitioner and the practitioner has a conscientious objection to terminations, the practitioner must, on becoming aware that the woman is seeking a termination or advice regarding the full range of pregnancy options, provide the woman with a list of prescribed health services from which the woman may seek advice, information or counselling on the full range of pregnancy options.

(3)  Subsection (2) does not apply to a medical practitioner who has a duty set out in section 6(3) .

(4)  Nothing in this section prevents a medical practitioner from continuing to provide treatment, advice or counselling, in respect of matters other than a termination or advice regarding the full range of pregnancy options, to a woman who the medical practitioner has provided a list of prescribed health services from which the woman may seek advice, information or counselling on the full range of pregnancy options.