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Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2024
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131 Health practitioners and ambulance service members
(1) A health practitioner or ambulance service member is not civilly or
criminally liable for not administering life sustaining treatment to an
individual if the health practitioner or ambulance service member
believes on reasonable grounds that the individual—
(a) is dying after self-administering or being administered with an
approved substance in accordance with this Act; and
(b) has not requested the administration of life sustaining treatment.
health practitioner means a person registered under the Health
Practitioner Regulation National Law (ACT) to practise a health
profession, including a student.
Note The Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (ACT) Act 2010, s 6
applies the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law set out in the
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009 (Qld), schedule
as if it were an ACT law called the Health Practitioner Regulation
National Law (ACT).
member, of the ambulance service—see the Emergencies Act 2004,
dictionary.