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Mandatory notification by employer

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Part 7Notifications and protections from liability
Division 1Notifications to Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

76 Mandatory notification by employer

(1)

An employer of a registered health practitioner must notify the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency as soon as practicable after forming a belief on reasonable grounds that the registered health practitioner—

(a)

who provides health services or professional care services to a person is—

(i)

in the course of providing those services to the person, initiating a discussion or attempting to initiate a discussion with that person that is in substance about voluntary assisted dying that is not, or would not be, in accordance with this Act; or

(ii)

in substance, suggesting or attempting to suggest voluntary assisted dying to the person that is not, or would not be, in accordance with this Act; or

(b)

is offering to provide or attempting to provide access to voluntary assisted dying in a manner that is not, or would not be, in accordance with this Act.

(2)

In this section—

employer of a registered health practitioner means an entity that employs the registered health practitioner under a contract of employment or a contract for services.

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