Western Australian Current Acts

VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2019 - SECT 54

54 .         Eligibility to act as administering practitioner

        (1)         A person is eligible to act as an administering practitioner for a patient if —

            (a)         the person is —

                  (i)         a medical practitioner who is eligible to act as a coordinating practitioner for the patient under section 17(2); or

                  (ii)         a nurse practitioner who has practised the nursing profession for at least 2 years as a nurse practitioner and meets the requirements approved by the CEO for the purposes of this subparagraph;

                and

            (b)         the person has completed approved training; and

            (c)         the person is not a family member of the patient; and

            (d)         the person does not know or believe that they —

                  (i)         are a beneficiary under a will of the patient; or

                  (ii)         may otherwise benefit financially or in any other material way from the death of the patient, other than by receiving reasonable fees for the provision of services as the administering practitioner for the patient.

        (2)         The CEO must publish the requirements approved for the purposes of subsection (1)(a)(ii) on the Department’s website.