102First assessments

#### 102 First assessments 102 First assessments > > (1) This section applies if— > > > > > (a) the person has made a first request, and > > > > > (b) the person, or the person’s agent, advises the health entity that the person wishes to undergo a first assessment, and > > > > > (c) the health entity does not provide, to persons to whom health care is provided at the health establishment, access to the request and assessment process at the facility. > > > (2) The health entity must take reasonable steps to facilitate the transfer of the person to and from a place where the person’s first assessment may be carried out by a relevant practitioner for the person. > > > (3) In making a decision under subsection (2) about the reasonable steps that may be taken to facilitate the transfer of the person, the health entity must have regard to the following— > > > > > (a) whether the transfer would be likely to cause serious harm to the person, > > > > > (b) whether the transfer would be likely to adversely affect the person’s access to voluntary assisted dying, > > > > > (c) whether the transfer would cause undue delay and prolonged suffering in accessing voluntary assisted dying, > > > > > (d) whether the place to which the person is proposed to be transferred is available to receive the person, > > > > > (e) whether the person would incur financial loss or costs because of the transfer. > > > (4) In this section— > > > > relevant practitioner, for a person, means— > > > > > (a) the person’s coordinating practitioner, or > > > > > (b) a medical practitioner to whom the person’s coordinating practitioner has referred a matter under section 26.