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Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017
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20 Outcome of first assessment
(1) The co-ordinating medical practitioner must assess the person as eligible for access to voluntary assisted dying if the co-ordinating medical practitioner is satisfied that—
(a) the person meets all the eligibility criteria for access to voluntary assisted dying; and
(b) the person understands the information required to be provided under section 19(1); and
(c) the person is acting voluntarily and without coercion; and
(d) the person's request for access to voluntary assisted dying is enduring.
(2) If the co-ordinating medical practitioner is not satisfied as to any matter in subsection (1)—
(a) the person requesting access to voluntary assisted dying is ineligible for access to voluntary assisted dying; and
(b) the request and assessment process ends.