Western Australian Current Acts

VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING ACT 2019 - SECT 7

7 .         Voluntary assisted dying substance

        (1)         The CEO may, in writing, approve a Schedule 4 poison or Schedule 8 poison (as those terms are defined in the Medicines and Poisons Act 2014 section 3) for use under this Act for the purpose of causing a patient’s death.

        (2)         A poison approved under subsection (1) is a voluntary assisted dying substance .