Western Australian Current Acts

VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2019 - SECT 63

63 .         Transfer of administering practitioner’s role

        (1)         This section applies if —

            (a)         a patient has made a practitioner administration decision; and

            (b)         the coordinating practitioner for the patient has prescribed a voluntary assisted dying substance for the patient; and

            (c)         the administering practitioner for the patient (the original practitioner ) is unable or unwilling for any reason to administer the prescribed substance to the patient, whether the original practitioner is the coordinating practitioner for the patient or a person to whom the role of administering practitioner has been transferred under subsection (2).

        (2)         The original practitioner must transfer the role of administering practitioner to another person who is eligible to act as an administering practitioner for the patient and accepts the transfer of the role.

        (3)         If a person (the new practitioner ) accepts the transfer of the role, the original practitioner must —

            (a)         inform the patient of the transfer and of the name and contact details of the new practitioner; and

            (b)         record the transfer in the patient’s medical record; and

            (c)         within 2 business days after the acceptance of the transfer, complete the approved form (the administering practitioner transfer form ) and give a copy of it to the Board.

        (4)         The administering practitioner transfer form must include the following —

            (a)         the name, date of birth and contact details of the patient;

            (b)         the name and contact details of the original practitioner;

            (c)         the name and contact details of the new practitioner;

            (d)         the date when the new practitioner accepted the transfer;

            (e)         the date when the patient was informed of the transfer;

            (f)         the signature of the original practitioner and the date when the form was signed.

        (5)         If the original practitioner has possession of the prescribed substance when the role is transferred —

            (a)         the original practitioner is authorised to supply the prescribed substance to the new practitioner; and

            (b)         the new practitioner is authorised to receive the prescribed substance from the original practitioner.

        (6)         The coordinating practitioner for the patient remains the coordinating practitioner despite any transfer of the role of administering practitioner under subsection (2), but subject to section 157.