71Board must decide application

71 Board must decide application

71 Board must decide application

(1) As soon as practicable after receiving an application for a voluntary assisted dying substance authorisation from the patient’s coordinating practitioner, the Board must—

(a) consider the application, and

(b) decide to—

(i) approve the application, or

(ii) if section 72 applies—refuse the application.

(2) If the Board decides to approve the application, the Board must, as soon as practicable after making the decision, grant a voluntary assisted dying substance authority, in the approved form, in relation to the patient.

(3) A voluntary assisted dying substance authority must include the following information—

(a) the patient’s name and address,

(b) the name of the patient’s coordinating practitioner,

(c) the period during which the patient’s coordinating practitioner may prescribe a prescribed substance under the authority,

(d) other information required by the Health Secretary.

(4) A voluntary assisted dying substance authority may relate to a voluntary assisted dying substance that may be self-administered or administered to a person.