South Australian Current Acts

VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2021 - SECT 82

82—Witness to administration request and administration of voluntary assisted dying substance

        (1)         For the purposes of section 64(b) and (c) and section 81(4), a witness to the making of an administration request and the administration of the voluntary assisted dying substance must be—

            (a)         aged 18 years or more; and

            (b)         independent of the coordinating medical practitioner for the person to whom the voluntary assisted dying substance is to be administered.

        (2)         The witness who witnesses a person making an administration request and who witnesses the administration of the voluntary assisted dying substance must, in a coordinating medical practitioner administration form—

            (a)         certify in writing that—

                  (i)         the person at the time of making the administration request appeared to have decision making capacity in relation to voluntary assisted dying; and

                  (ii)         the person in requesting access to voluntary assisted dying appeared to be acting voluntarily and without coercion; and

                  (iii)         the person's request to access voluntary assisted dying appeared to be enduring; and

            (b)         state that the coordinating medical practitioner administered the voluntary assisted dying substance to the person.