Obligations if individual wants information about voluntary assisted dying
107 Obligations if individual wants information about voluntary assisted dying
This section applies if an individual, or their agent, tells the facility operator, orally or in writing, that the individual wants information about voluntary assisted dying.
Within 2 business days after the day the request is made, the facility operator must give the individual, in writing, the contact details for the approved care navigator service.
Maximum penalty: 30 penalty units.
An offence against subsection (2) is a strict liability offence.
The facility operator must allow an employee or other official of the approved care navigator service to have reasonable access to the individual at the facility at a time that is acceptable to the individual if—
the individual consents to seeing the employee or other official; and
the employee or other official is seeking the access for the purpose of giving the individual the requested information.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.
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