22Medical practitioner to record first request and acceptance or refusal

22 Medical practitioner to record first request and acceptance or refusal

22 Medical practitioner to record first request and acceptance or refusal

The medical practitioner must record the following in the patient’s medical record—

(a) the first request,

(b) the practitioner’s decision to accept or refuse the first request,

Note—

See section 21(2), which provides the only reasons for which a medical practitioner may refuse a first request.

(c) if the practitioner’s decision is to refuse the first request—the reason for the refusal,

(d) whether the practitioner has given the patient the information referred to in section 21(4)(b) and (5).