(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