Western Australian Current Acts

VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2019 - SECT 18

18 .         Person may make first request to medical practitioner

        (1)         A person may make a request to a medical practitioner for access to voluntary assisted dying.

        (2)         The request must be —

            (a)         clear and unambiguous; and

            (b)         made during a medical consultation; and

            (c)         made in person or, if that is not practicable, in accordance with section 158(2)(a).

        (3)         The person may make the request verbally or in another way (for example, by gestures).