Participation in providing voluntary assisted dying services
89 Participation in providing voluntary assisted dying services
A residential facility or health care establishment may decide that it will not provide services relating to voluntary assisted dying at the facility or establishment.
For the purposes of subsection (1), the residential facility or health care establishment may refuse to do any of the following or refuse to have persons employed by or at the facility or establishment do any of the following at the facility or establishment—
participate in the request and assessment process,
participate in an administration decision,
prescribe, supply or administer a voluntary assisted dying substance,
store a voluntary assisted dying substance,
be present at the time of the administration or self-administration of a voluntary assisted dying substance.
Subsections (1) and (2) are subject to the requirements of Divisions 2 and 3.
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