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ABORTION LAW REFORM ACT 2019 - SECT 9
Registered health practitioner with conscientious objection
9 Registered health practitioner with conscientious objection
(1) This section applies if-- (a) a person (the
"first person" ) asks a registered health practitioner to-- (i) perform a
termination on another person, or
(ii) assist in the performance of a
termination on another person, or
(iii) make a decision under section 6
whether a termination on another person should be performed, or
(iv) advise
the first person about the performance of a termination on another person, and
(b) the practitioner has a conscientious objection to the performance of the
termination.
(2) The registered health practitioner must, as soon as
practicable after the first person makes the request, disclose the
practitioner's conscientious objection to the first person.
(3) If the
request by a person is for the registered health practitioner (the
"first practitioner" ) to perform a termination on the person, or to advise
the person about the performance of a termination on the person, the
practitioner must, without delay-- (a) give information to the person on how
to locate or contact a medical practitioner who, in the first practitioner's
reasonable belief, does not have a conscientious objection to the performance
of the termination, or
(b) transfer the person's care to-- (i) another
registered health practitioner who, in the first practitioner's reasonable
belief, can provide the requested service and does not have a conscientious
objection to the performance of the termination, or
(ii) a health service
provider at which, in the first practitioner's reasonable belief, the
requested service can be provided by another registered health practitioner
who does not have a conscientious objection to the performance of the
termination.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (3)(a), the
first practitioner is taken to have complied with the practitioner's
obligations under that paragraph if the practitioner gives the person
information approved by the Secretary of the Ministry of Health for the
purposes of that paragraph. Note : The information to be approved by the
Secretary is to consist of contact details for a NSW Government service that
provides information about a range of health services and resources, including
information about medical practitioners who do not have a conscientious
objection to the performance of terminations.
(5) This section does not limit
any duty owed by a registered health practitioner to provide a service in an
emergency.
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