End of Life Choice Bill - Amendment paper No 273
End of Life Choice Bill - Amendment paper No 273
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End of Life Choice Bill - Amendment paper No 273
No 273
House of Representatives
Supplementary Order Paper
Tuesday, 30 July 2019
End of Life Choice Bill
Proposed amendment
Melissa Lee, in Committee, to move the following amendment:
Clause 3
In clause 3, replace the definition of psychiatrist (page 4, lines 1 and 2), with:
psychiatrist means a medical practitioner—
(a)
whose scope of practice includes psychiatry; and
(b)
who is not associated with either the attending medical practitioner or the independent medical practitioner in any of the following ways:
(i)
in a financial manner:
(ii)
in a closely shared professional manner, for example practising within the same medical practice or sharing premises:
(iii)
in any personal capacity.
Explanatory note
This Supplementary Order Paper amends the End of Life Choice Bill to provide a bare minimum level of protection regarding the possibility of conflicts of interests that may exist between the various health professionals involved in executing a person’s decision making under this legislation.
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