59Self-administration

59 Self-administration

59 Self-administration

(1) This section applies if the patient—

(a) has made a self-administration decision, and

(b) has not revoked the decision.

(2) The coordinating practitioner for the patient is authorised to prescribe a voluntary assisted dying substance for the patient that is of a sufficient dose to cause death.

(3) To avoid doubt, subsection (2) is subject to—

(a) the contact person appointment form having been given to the coordinating practitioner as required by section 67(5), and

(b) the Board having granted a voluntary assisted dying substance authority under section 71 in relation to the patient.

(4) The authorised supplier who is given the prescription for the patient is authorised to—

(a) possess the prescribed substance for the purpose of preparing and supplying the substance to a person referred to in paragraph (c), and

(b) prepare the prescribed substance, and

(c) supply the prescribed substance to the patient, the contact person for the patient or an agent of the patient.

(5) The patient is authorised to—

(a) receive the prescribed substance from an authorised supplier, the contact person for the patient or an agent of the patient, and

(b) possess the prescribed substance for the purpose of preparing and self-administering it, and

(c) prepare the prescribed substance, and

(d) self-administer the prescribed substance.

(6) The contact person for the patient is authorised as set out in section 68(1).

(7) An agent of the patient is authorised to—

(a) receive the prescribed substance from an authorised supplier, and

(b) possess the prescribed substance for the purpose of supplying the substance to the patient, and

(c) prepare the prescribed substance for self-administration by the patient, and