Victorian Numbered Acts

VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2017 (NO. 61 OF 2017) - SECT 67

    (1)     In addition to section 37(1) of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 , a registered medical practitioner who was responsible for a person's medical care immediately before death, or who examines the body of a deceased person after death and reasonably believes or knows the person was the subject of a voluntary assisted dying permit must notify the Registrar of—

        (a)     the registered medical practitioner's reasonable belief or knowledge that the person—

              (i)     was the subject of a voluntary assisted dying permit and the voluntary assisted dying substance specified in the permit was not self-administered by the person or administered to the person; or

              (ii)     was the subject of a self-administration permit and accessed voluntary assisted dying by self-administering the voluntary assisted dying substance specified in the permit; or

              (iii)     was the subject of a practitioner administration permit and accessed voluntary assisted dying by being administered the voluntary assisted dying substance specified in the permit; and

        (b)     the disease, illness or medical condition that was the grounds for the person to access voluntary assisted dying.

    (2)     A registered medical practitioner who was responsible for a person's medical care immediately before death, or who examines the body of a deceased person after death and reasonably believes or knows the person was the subject of a voluntary assisted dying permit must notify the Coroner of—

        (a)     the registered medical practitioner's reasonable belief or knowledge that the person—

              (i)     was the subject of a voluntary assisted dying permit and the voluntary assisted dying substance specified in the permit was not self-administered by the person or administered to the person; or

              (ii)     was the subject of a self-administration permit and accessed voluntary assisted dying by self-administering the voluntary assisted dying substance specified in the permit; or

              (iii)     was the subject of a practitioner administration permit and accessed voluntary assisted dying by being administered the voluntary assisted dying substance specified in the permit; and

        (b)     the disease, illness or medical condition that was the grounds for the person to access voluntary assisted dying.

Part 6—Review by VCAT