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CurrentPatient may make final request to coordinating practitioner
Part 3Requesting access to voluntary assisted dying and assessment of eligibility
Division 6Final request and final review
48 Patient may make final request to coordinating practitioner
(1)
A patient who has made a written declaration may make a final request to the patient’s coordinating practitioner for access to voluntary assisted dying.
(2)
The final request must be—
(a)
clear and unambiguous, and
(b)
made in person or, if that is not practicable, in accordance with section 176(1)(a).
(3)
The patient may make the final request—
(a)
verbally, or
(b)
in another way.
Example for paragraph (b)—
by use of gestures
This Act’s bill:Second reading speech
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