South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts31—Registered medical practitioner must accept or refuse first request
(1) Within 7 days
after receiving a first request from a person, the registered medical
practitioner to whom the request was made must inform the person that the
practitioner—
(a)
accepts the first request; or
(b)
refuses the first request because the practitioner—
(i)
has a conscientious objection to voluntary assisted
dying; or
(ii)
believes that the practitioner will not be able to
perform the duties of coordinating medical practitioner due to unavailability;
or
(iii)
is required under subsection (2) to refuse the first
request; or
(iv)
is not eligible to act as the coordinating medical
practitioner for the person.
(2) The registered
medical practitioner must not accept the first request unless the
practitioner—
(a)
holds a fellowship with a specialist medical college; or
(b) is a
vocationally registered general practitioner.