Queensland Consolidated Regulations

VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING REGULATION 2022 - REG 5

5 Other requirements for supplying—Act, s 73

(1) This section prescribes other requirements for section 73 of the Act .

(2) The authorised supplier must not supply the voluntary assisted dying substance if the prescription for the substance was issued more than 6 months before the day the substance is to be supplied.

(3) Also, the authorised supplier must not supply the voluntary assisted dying substance in accordance with a prescription for the substance if a voluntary assisted dying substance (the
"previously supplied substance" ) has already been supplied for the person named in the prescription.

(4) However, subsection (3) does not apply if the previously supplied substance—

(a) has been disposed of by an authorised disposer or the administering practitioner for the person; or

(b) is in the possession of an authorised disposer or the administering practitioner for the person.

(5) The authorised supplier must keep the prescription for the voluntary assisted dying substance for at least 2 years after the day the substance was supplied.