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Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017
66Certification by co-ordinating medical practitioner following administration of voluntary assisted dying substance
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66 Certification by co-ordinating medical practitioner following administration of voluntary assisted dying substance
(1) The co-ordinating medical practitioner for a person who has administered the voluntary assisted dying substance to the person must, in the same co-ordinating medical practitioner administration form completed by the relevant witness, certify in writing that the practitioner is satisfied—
(a) the person was physically incapable of the self-administration or digestion of the voluntary assisted dying substance; and
(b) the person at the time of making the administration request had decision-making capacity in relation to voluntary assisted dying; and
(c) the person in requesting access to voluntary assisted dying acted voluntarily and without coercion; and
(d) the person's request to access voluntary assisted dying was enduring.
(2) The co-ordinating medical practitioner must within 7 days after administering a voluntary assisted dying substance to a person under a practitioner administration permit give the Board a copy of the co-ordinating medical practitioner administration form completed under subsection (1).
Division 3—Notification of cause of death