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Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022
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181 Guidelines
> > (1) The Health Secretary may issue guidelines to provide guidance about the request and assessment process.
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> > (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Health Secretary must issue guidelines about—
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> > > (a) the referral by coordinating practitioners and consulting practitioners of patients to medical practitioners under sections 26 and 37, and
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> > > (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
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> > > (c) how coordinating practitioners and consulting practitioners may determine whether patients have experienced pressure or duress to request access to voluntary assisted dying, and
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> > > (d) the functions and conduct of contact persons.