South Australian Current Acts

VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2021 - SECT 75

75—Information to be given by pharmacist dispensing a prescribed voluntary assisted dying substance

A pharmacist must, on dispensing a prescription for a voluntary assisted dying substance, inform the person to whom the voluntary assisted dying substance is being dispensed—

            (a)         how to self administer the voluntary assisted dying substance; and

            (b)         that the voluntary assisted dying substance must be stored in a locked box that satisfies the prescribed specifications; and

            (c)         that the person is not under any obligation to self administer the voluntary assisted dying substance; and

            (d)         that the person or the relevant contact person must return to a pharmacist at the dispensing pharmacy for disposal any dispensed voluntary assisted dying substance—

                  (i)         that the person decides not to self administer; or

                  (ii)         that the person does not self administer before making a request under section 71; and

            (e)         that the relevant contact person must return to a pharmacist at the dispensing pharmacy for disposal any dispensed voluntary assisted dying substance that is not self administered after the person dies.