What is authorised by self-administration permit?
45 What is authorised by self-administration permit?
A self-administration permit in respect of a person specified in the permit authorises—
the co-ordinating medical practitioner for the person, for the purpose of causing the person's death, to prescribe and supply the voluntary assisted dying substance specified in the permit to the person that—
is able to be self-administered; and
is of a sufficient dose to cause death; and
the person to obtain, possess, store, use and self-administer the voluntary assisted dying substance; and
in the case of the death of the person, within 15 days after the date of the person's death, the contact person specified in the permit—
to possess and store the unused or remaining voluntary assisted dying substance (if any) for the purpose of returning it to a pharmacist at the dispensing pharmacy; and
to carry and transport the unused or remaining voluntary assisted dying substance to a pharmacist at the dispensing pharmacy; and
in the case that the person decides to make a request under section 53 or decides not to self-administer, or in the case of an order made by VCAT to return the voluntary assisted dying substance to the dispensing pharmacy, a contact person specified in the permit—
to possess and store the voluntary assisted dying substance (if any) that has been dispensed to the person; and
to carry and transport the voluntary assisted dying substance to a pharmacist at the dispensing pharmacy.
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