29Outcome of first assessment

29 Outcome of first assessment

29 Outcome of first assessment

(1) The coordinating practitioner must assess the patient as eligible for access to voluntary assisted dying if the coordinating practitioner is satisfied—

(a) the patient meets all of the eligibility criteria, and

(b) the patient understands the information required to be provided under section 28(1).

(2) If the coordinating practitioner is not satisfied about a matter in subsection (1)—

(a) the coordinating practitioner must assess the patient as ineligible for access to voluntary assisted dying, and

(b) the request and assessment process ends.

Note—

See sections 26 and 27, which provide that the coordinating practitioner may, in certain circumstances, refer a patient to another registered health practitioner or another person if the coordinating practitioner is unable to make a decision about eligibility for access to voluntary assisted dying.