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Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2024
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38 Transfer request made by individual
(1) This section applies if an individual has a coordinating practitioner.
(2) The individual may ask another health practitioner to become their
coordinating practitioner (a transfer request).
(3) Within 4 business days after the day the individual makes a transfer
request, the other health practitioner must—
(a) tell the individual whether the other health practitioner accepts
or refuses to accept the request; and
(b) if the other health practitioner refuses to accept the request—
refer the individual to the approved care navigator service.
(5) If the other health practitioner accepts the transfer request, the other
health practitioner must—
(a) tell the individual’s coordinating practitioner about their
acceptance of the request; and
and
other health practitioner tells the individual that they accept the
request.
(7) When the other health practitioner gives the board notice under
coordinating practitioner (the new practitioner); and
(b) the coordinating practitioner functions transfer to the new