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58Information to be given by pharmacist dispensing a prescribed voluntary assisted dying substance
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58 Information to be given by pharmacist dispensing a prescribed voluntary assisted dying substance
A pharmacist must, on dispensing a prescription for a voluntary assisted dying substance, inform the person to whom the voluntary assisted dying substance is being dispensed—
(a) how to self-administer the voluntary assisted dying substance; and
(b) that the voluntary assisted dying substance must be stored in a locked box that satisfies the prescribed specifications; and
(c) that the person is not under any obligation to self-administer the voluntary assisted dying substance; and
(d) that the person or the relevant contact person must return to a pharmacist at the dispensing pharmacy for disposal any dispensed voluntary assisted dying substance—
(i) that the person decides not to self‑administer; or
(ii) that the person does not
self-administer before making
a request under section 53; and
(e) that the relevant contact person must return to a pharmacist at the dispensing pharmacy for disposal any dispensed voluntary assisted dying substance that is not self-administered after the person dies.