Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The patient may,
in consultation with and on the advice of the coordinating practitioner for
the patient —
(a)
decide to self-administer a voluntary assisted dying substance (a
self-administration decision ); or
(b)
decide that a voluntary assisted dying substance is to be administered to the
patient by the administering practitioner for the patient (a practitioner
administration decision ).
(2) A practitioner
administration decision can only be made if the coordinating practitioner for
the patient advises the patient that self-administration of a voluntary
assisted dying substance is inappropriate having regard to 1 or more of the
following —
(a) the
ability of the patient to self-administer the substance;
(b) the
patient’s concerns about self-administering the substance;
(c) the
method for administering the substance that is suitable for the patient.
(3) An administration
decision must be —
(a)
clear and unambiguous; and
(b) made
in person before the coordinating practitioner for the patient or, if that is
not practicable, in accordance with section 158(2)(a).
(4) The patient may
make an administration decision verbally or in another way (for example, by
gestures).
(5) If the patient
makes an administration decision, the coordinating practitioner for the
patient must record the decision in the patient’s medical record.