181Guidelines

181 Guidelines

181 Guidelines

(1) The Health Secretary may issue guidelines to provide guidance about the request and assessment process.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Health Secretary must issue guidelines about—

(a) the referral by coordinating practitioners and consulting practitioners of patients to medical practitioners under sections 26 and 37, and

(b) the referral by coordinating practitioners and consulting practitioners of patients to psychiatrists, other registered health practitioners and other persons under sections 27 and 38, and

(c) how coordinating practitioners and consulting practitioners may determine whether patients have experienced pressure or duress to request access to voluntary assisted dying, and

(d) the functions and conduct of contact persons.