46Transfer of administering practitioner functions—transfer

46 Transfer of administering practitioner functions—transfer request made by administering practitioner (a) an individual has an administering practitioner; and (b) the administering practitioner (the original practitioner) is unable or unwilling to exercise their functions as administering (2) The original practitioner must ask another health practitioner to become the individual’s administering practitioner (a transfer request) if the individual consents to the request being made. (3) Within 4 business days after the day the original practitioner makes a transfer request, the other health practitioner must tell the original practitioner whether the other health practitioner accepts or refuses to accept the request. administering practitioner requirements under section 97 unwilling to exercise the functions of an administering (5) If the other health practitioner accepts the transfer request, the original practitioner must— (a) tell the individual that the request has been accepted and give the other health practitioner’s name and contact details to the and original practitioner does the things mentioned in paragraph (a); and (d) tell the other health practitioner about the notice given under paragraph (c) as soon as practicable after giving the notice. (7) When the original practitioner gives the board notice under administering practitioner (the new practitioner); and (b) the functions of the original practitioner transfer to the new (8) The original practitioner must refer the individual to the approved care navigator service if the original practitioner is unable to transfer their functions after taking reasonable steps to do so.