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Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022
85Certain directions as to supply or administration prohibited
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85 Certain directions as to supply or administration prohibited
85 Certain directions as to supply or administration prohibited
(1) A patient’s coordinating practitioner must not direct a health professional to supply a prescribed substance to the patient, the contact person for the patient or an agent of the patient, unless—
(a) the health professional is an authorised supplier, and
(b) the direction is in the form of a prescription for the prescribed substance given directly to the authorised supplier.
(2) A patient’s coordinating practitioner or administering practitioner must not direct a health professional to administer a prescribed substance to the patient.