64Transfer of administering practitioner’s role

64 Transfer of administering practitioner’s role

64 Transfer of administering practitioner’s role

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a patient has made a practitioner administration decision, and

(b) the coordinating practitioner for the patient has prescribed a voluntary assisted dying substance for the patient, and

(c) the patient’s administering practitioner (the original practitioner) is unable or unwilling for any reason to administer the prescribed substance to the patient, whether the original practitioner is—

(i) the coordinating practitioner for the patient, or

(ii) a person to whom the role of administering practitioner has been transferred under subsection (2).

(2) The original practitioner must transfer the role of administering practitioner to another person who—

(a) is eligible to act as an administering practitioner for the patient, and

(b) accepts the transfer of the role.

(3) If a person (the new practitioner) accepts the transfer of the role, the original practitioner must—

(a) inform the patient—

(i) that the role of administering practitioner has been transferred to the new practitioner, and

(ii) of the new practitioner’s name and contact details, and

(b) record the transfer in the patient’s medical record, and

(c) within 5 business days after the transfer is accepted, complete the approved form (the administering practitioner transfer form) and give a copy of the form to the Board.

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(4) The administering practitioner transfer form must include the following—

(a) the patient’s name, date of birth and contact details,

(b) the original practitioner’s name and contact details,

(c) the new practitioner’s name and contact details,

(d) the date the new practitioner accepted the transfer,