19Person may make first request to medical practitioner

19 Person may make first request to medical practitioner

19 Person may make first request to medical practitioner

(1) A person may make a request to a medical practitioner for access to voluntary assisted dying.

(2) The request must be—

(a) clear and unambiguous, and

(b) made during a medical consultation, and

(c) made in person or, if that is not practicable, in accordance with section 176(1)(a).

(3) The person may make the request—

(a) verbally, or

(b) in another way.

Example for paragraph (b)—

by use of gestures

(4) The person may make the request with the assistance of an interpreter.