Regulations for the Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying

Marginal note:Report

• 13 (1) The Minister of Health must cause to be published, at least once a year, on the website of the Government of Canada a report that is based on information that the Minister obtained under these Regulations.

• Marginal note:Content — period covered by report

  (2) The report must contain information relating to written requests for medical assistance in dying received by practitioners and the provision of medical assistance in dying during the period covered by the report, including:

  • (a) the number of requests that were made and the results of those requests;

  • (b) the characteristics, including medical characteristics, of patients;

  • (c) the nature of the intolerable physical or psychological suffering of patients who received medical assistance in dying;

  • (d) the reasons for which patients did not receive medical assistance in dying, including which of the eligibility criteria were not met by patients;

  • (e) the places in which medical assistance in dying was provided;

  • (f) time periods relating to the handling of requests for, and the provision of, medical assistance in dying;

  • (g) information as to whether practitioners consulted with other health care professionals or social workers regarding requests;

  • (h) the nature of involvement of practitioners in requests and the provision of medical assistance in dying, including the respective involvement of medical practitioners and nurse practitioners; and

  • (i) information as to whether patients consulted with practitioners concerning their health — for a reason other than seeking medical assistance in dying — before practitioners received their requests for medical assistance in dying.

• Marginal note:Other content

  (3) The report must also contain

  • (a) the methodology employed to arrive at any findings set out in the report;

  • (b) information on trends in written requests for, and the provision of, medical assistance in dying; and

  • (c) the period covered by the report.

• Marginal note:Restriction

  (4) The report must not include any personal information of an individual

  • (a) who provided information under these Regulations; or

  • (b) in respect of whom information was obtained by the Minister of Health under these Regulations.