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Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022
116Coordinating practitioner may refuse to continue in role
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116 Coordinating practitioner may refuse to continue in role
116 Coordinating practitioner may refuse to continue in role
(1) If, under section 114(2)(a) or (4)(a), a decision of the Supreme Court is substituted for a decision of a patient’s coordinating practitioner, the coordinating practitioner may refuse to continue to perform the role of coordinating practitioner.
(2) A coordinating practitioner who refuses under subsection (1) to continue to perform the role of coordinating practitioner must transfer the role of coordinating practitioner in accordance with section 175.