49When final request may be made

#### 49 When final request may be made 49 When final request may be made > > (1) The final request must not be made— > > > > > (a) before the end of the designated period, except as provided in subsection (2), and > > > > > (b) until after the day on which the consulting assessment that assessed the patient as eligible for access to voluntary assisted dying was completed. > > > (2) The final request may be made before the end of the designated period if— > > > > > (a) in the reasonable opinion of the patient’s coordinating practitioner, the patient is likely to die, or to lose decision-making capacity in relation to voluntary assisted dying, before the end of the designated period, and > > > > > (b) the coordinating practitioner’s opinion is consistent with the opinion of the patient’s consulting practitioner.