63Witness to administration of prescribed substance

63 Witness to administration of prescribed substance

63 Witness to administration of prescribed substance

(1) For the purposes of section 60(6), a person is eligible to witness the administration of a prescribed substance to a patient if the person—

(a) is an adult, and

(b) is not an ineligible witness.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), a person is an ineligible witness if the person—

(a) is a family member of the patient’s administering practitioner, or

(b) is employed, or engaged under a contract for services, by the patient’s administering practitioner.

(3) The witness to the administration of a prescribed substance to a patient must certify in the practitioner administration form for the patient that—

(a) the patient’s request for access to voluntary assisted dying appeared to be free, voluntary and enduring, and

(b) the patient’s administering practitioner administered the prescribed substance to the patient in the presence of the witness.