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Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022
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#### 103 Consulting assessments
103 Consulting assessments
> > (1) This section applies if—
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> > > (a) the person has undergone a first assessment, and
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> > > (b) the person, or the person’s agent, advises the health entity that the person wishes to undergo a consulting assessment, and
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> > > (c) the 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 establishment.
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> > (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.
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> > (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—
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> > > (a) whether the transfer would be likely to cause serious harm to the person,
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> > > (b) whether the transfer would be likely to adversely affect the person’s access to voluntary assisted dying,
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> > > (c) whether the transfer would cause undue delay and prolonged suffering in accessing voluntary assisted dying,
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> > > (d) whether the place to which the person is proposed to be transferred is available to receive the person,
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> > > (e) whether the person would incur financial loss or costs because of the transfer.
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> > (4) In this section—
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> > relevant practitioner, for a person, means—
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> > > (a) the person’s consulting practitioner, or
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> > > (b) a medical practitioner to whom the person’s consulting practitioner has referred a matter under section 37.