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Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2024
80Administering practitioner to notify board, coordinating
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80 Administering practitioner to notify board, coordinating
practitioner and director-general about death
(a) the individual dies of any cause; and
(b) there is a practitioner administration decision in effect when the
individual dies; and
(c) the individual’s administering practitioner is not—
(i) the individual’s coordinating practitioner; or
(ii) required to give the board an administration certificate
under section 81.
(2) Within 4 business days after the day the administering practitioner
becomes aware of the individual’s death, the administering
(a) give written notice of the death to—
(ii) the director-general; and
(b) if the administering practitioner is not the individual’s
coordinating practitioner—tell the coordinating practitioner
about the death.
Maximum penalty (paragraph (a) (i)): 20 penalty units.