60Practitioner administration

60 Practitioner administration

60 Practitioner administration

(1) This section applies if the patient—

(a) has made a practitioner 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 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 the administering practitioner for the patient, and

(b) prepare the prescribed substance, and

(c) supply the prescribed substance to the administering practitioner for the patient.

(5) The administering practitioner for the patient is authorised to—

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

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

(c) prepare the prescribed substance.

(6) The administering practitioner for the patient is authorised, in the presence of a witness, to administer the prescribed substance to the patient if the administering practitioner is satisfied at the time of administration that—

(a) the patient has decision-making capacity in relation to voluntary assisted dying, and

(b) the patient is acting voluntarily, and

(c) the patient is not acting because of pressure or duress, and

Note—

See the definition of pressure or duress in the Dictionary in Schedule 1.

(d) the patient’s request for access to voluntary assisted dying is enduring.