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Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022
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#### 66 Patient to appoint contact person
66 Patient to appoint contact person
> > (1) The patient must appoint a person as the patient’s contact person.
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> > (2) A person is eligible for appointment if the person is an adult.
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> > (3) Without limiting who may be appointed as the contact person, the patient may appoint—
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> > > (a) the patient’s coordinating practitioner, or
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> > > (b) the patient’s consulting practitioner, or
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> > > (c) another registered health practitioner.
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> > (4) A person must not be appointed as the contact person unless the person consents to the appointment.
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> > (5) The patient may revoke the appointment of the contact person.
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> > (6) If the patient revokes the appointment of the contact person—
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> > > (a) the patient must inform the person of the revocation, and
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> > > (b) the person ceases to be the contact person for the patient on being informed under paragraph (a), and
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> > > (c) the patient must make another appointment under subsection (1).