What is authorised by practitioner administration permit?
46 What is authorised by practitioner administration permit?
A practitioner 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 to the person a sufficient dose of the voluntary assisted dying substance specified in the permit; and
in the presence of a witness receive an administration request; and
to possess, use, and administer in the presence of a witness, the voluntary assisted dying substance to the person if—
the person is 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 has decision-making capacity in relation to voluntary assisted dying; and
the person in requesting access to voluntary assisted dying is acting voluntarily and without coercion; and
the person's request to access voluntary assisted dying is enduring; and
the person is administered the voluntary assisted dying substance immediately after making the administration request.
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