Certification by coordinating medical practitioner following administration of voluntary assisted dying substance
83 Certification by coordinating medical practitioner following administration of voluntary assisted dying substance
The coordinating medical practitioner for a person who has administered the voluntary assisted dying substance to the person must, in the same coordinating medical practitioner administration form completed by the relevant witness, certify in writing that the practitioner is satisfied—
the person was physically incapable of the self administration or digestion of the voluntary assisted dying substance; and
the person at the time of making the administration request had decision making capacity in relation to voluntary assisted dying; and
the person in requesting access to voluntary assisted dying acted voluntarily and without coercion; and
the person's request to access voluntary assisted dying was enduring.
The coordinating medical practitioner must within 7 days after administering a voluntary assisted dying substance to a person under a practitioner administration permit give the Board a copy of the coordinating medical practitioner administration form completed under subsection (1).
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