68Role of contact person

68 Role of contact person

68 Role of contact person

(1) The contact person for the patient is authorised to—

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

(b) possess the prescribed substance for the purposes of paragraphs (c)–(e), and

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

(d) supply the prescribed substance to the patient, and

(e) give the prescribed substance, or any unused or remaining prescribed substance, to an authorised disposer as required by section 125.

(2) The patient’s contact person must inform the patient’s coordinating practitioner if the patient dies, whether as a result of self-administering the prescribed substance or from some other cause.