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Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022
48Patient may make final request to coordinating practitioner
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#### 48 Patient may make final request to coordinating practitioner
48 Patient may make final request to coordinating practitioner
> > (1) A patient who has made a written declaration may make a final request to the patient’s coordinating practitioner for access to voluntary assisted dying.
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> > (2) The final request must be—
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> > > (a) clear and unambiguous, and
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> > > (b) made in person or, if that is not practicable, in accordance with section 176(1)(a).
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> > (3) The patient may make the final request—
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> > > (a) verbally, or
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> > > (b) in another way.
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> > > Example for paragraph (b)—
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> > > by use of gestures