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Regulations for the Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying

Version of section 9 from 2023-01-01 to 2024-05-01:


Marginal note:Death — other cause

 A practitioner who has received a person’s request for medical assistance in dying must, within 30 days after the day on which the practitioner becomes aware that the person died from a cause other than medical assistance in dying, provide the applicable recipient designated under section 2 with the following information:

  • (a) the information referred to in Schedule 1;

  • (b) in the case where the practitioner has determined that the person met all of the eligibility criteria, the applicable information referred to in Schedule 3;

  • (c) if known, the reasons for which the person did not receive medical assistance in dying; and

  • (d) the date of the person’s death, if known, and, if the person’s medical certificate of death was completed by the practitioner, the immediate and underlying causes of death as indicated on the certificate.

  • SOR/2022-222, s. 7

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