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CurrentMedical practitioner to record first request and acceptance or refusal
Part 3Requesting access to voluntary assisted dying and assessment of eligibility
Division 2First request
21 Medical practitioner to record first request and acceptance or refusal
The medical practitioner must record the following in the patient’s medical record —
(a)
the first request;
(b)
the practitioner’s decision to accept or refuse the first request;
(c)
if the practitioner’s decision is to refuse the first request, the reason for the refusal;
(d)
whether the practitioner has given the patient the information referred to in section 20(4)(b).
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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