Western Australian Current Acts

VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2019 - SECT 21

21 .         Medical practitioner to record first request and acceptance or refusal

                The medical practitioner must record the following in the patient’s medical record —

            (a)         the first request;

            (b)         the practitioner’s decision to accept or refuse the first request;

            (c)         if the practitioner’s decision is to refuse the first request, the reason for the refusal;

            (d)         whether the practitioner has given the patient the information referred to in section 20(4)(b).