179Official voluntary assisted dying care navigator service

#### 179 Official voluntary assisted dying care navigator service 179 Official voluntary assisted dying care navigator service > > (1) The Health Secretary may, by Gazette notice, approve an entity to be an official voluntary assisted dying care navigator service for this Act. > > > (2) The purpose of an official voluntary assisted dying care navigator service is to provide support, assistance and information in relation to voluntary assisted dying to entities, including— > > > > > (a) patients, and > > > > > (b) patients’ carers, family and friends, and > > > > > (c) doctors and other members of patients’ health care teams, and > > > > > (d) residential facility managers, and other persons employed or otherwise engaged by or providing services at, residential facilities. > > > (3) If an official voluntary assisted dying care navigator service is given a list of registered health practitioners kept under section 136(1)(b), a relevant person must not intentionally— > > > > > (a) give a copy of the list to another entity that is not also a relevant person, or > > > > > (b) disclose information on the list to another person unless the other person— > > > > > > > (i) has requested access to voluntary assisted dying, or > > > > > > > (ii) is assisting another person who has requested access. > > > > Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. > > > (4) In this section— > > > > relevant person means a person employed by, or otherwise engaged or acting for, an official voluntary assisted dying care navigator service.