(1)
This section applies if the attending medical practitioner reaches the opinion described in section 13(2)(a) or (c).
(2)
The attending medical practitioner must—
ask the SCENZ Group for the name and contact details of an independent medical practitioner; and
ask the independent medical practitioner for their opinion on whether the person requesting the option of receiving assisted dying is a person who is eligible for assisted dying.
(3)
The independent medical practitioner must—
read the person’s medical files; and
examine the person; and
reach the opinion that—
the person is a person who is eligible for assisted dying; or
the person is not a person who is eligible for assisted dying; or
the person would be a person who is eligible for assisted dying if it were established under section 15 that the person was competent to make an informed decision about assisted dying.
(4)
complete an approved form recording their opinion; and
send the completed form to the Registrar; and
send a copy of the completed form to the attending medical practitioner.