Registered medical practitioner must accept or refuse first request
13 Registered medical practitioner must accept or refuse first request
(1) Within 7 days after receiving a first request from a person, the registered medical practitioner to whom the request was made must inform the person that the practitioner—
accepts the first request; or
refuses the first request because the practitioner—
has a conscientious objection to voluntary assisted dying; or
(ii) believes that the practitioner will not be able to perform the duties of co‑ordinating medical practitioner due to unavailability; or
is required under subsection (2) to refuse the first request.
The registered medical practitioner must not accept the first request unless the practitioner—
holds a fellowship with a specialist medical college; or
is a vocationally registered general practitioner.
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