S-32.0001 - Act respecting end-of-life care

Section 47.1 Disposition versions

2023-06-07

47.1. A competent professional having received a request for medical aid in dying who does not administer such aid to the patient having made the request must notify the Commission within 30 days after any of the following events occurs:

(1)  the professional finds that the patient does not meet the criteria set out in section 29;

(2)  the professional finds or is informed that the patient has withdrawn their request;

(3)  the professional finds or is informed that the patient has refused to receive medical aid in dying;

(4)  the professional has forwarded a notice of refusal under section 31; or

(5)  the professional finds or is informed that the patient has died before the administration of medical aid in dying.

When notifying the Commission, the competent professional must also send it, in the manner determined by government regulation, the information prescribed by that regulation and, where applicable, the information concerning any other service they provided to the patient to relieve their suffering. Such information is confidential and may not be disclosed to any other person, except to the extent that the information is necessary for the purposes of this section.

2023, c. 15, ss. 38 and 58.