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CurrentPerson may make first request to medical practitioner
Part 3Requesting access to voluntary assisted dying and assessment of eligibility
Division 2First request
18 Person may make first request to medical practitioner
(1)
A person may make a request to a medical practitioner for access to voluntary assisted dying.
(2)
The request must be —
(a)
clear and unambiguous; and
(b)
made during a medical consultation; and
(c)
made in person or, if that is not practicable, in accordance with section 158(2)(a).
(3)
The person may make the request verbally or in another way (for example, by gestures).
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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