Regulations for the Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying

Marginal note:Prescribing or providing a substance — general

• 7 (1) A practitioner who has received a person’s written request for medical assistance in dying and provides medical assistance in dying by prescribing or providing a substance to the person for self-administration must provide the applicable recipient designated under section 2 with the applicable information referred to in Schedules 1 and 3 and the information referred to in Schedule 4 or 4.1, as the case may be, and Schedule 5 no earlier than the 90th day after the day on which the practitioner prescribes or provides the substance and no later than one year after that day.

• Marginal note:Prescribing or providing a substance — Ontario

  (2) However, a practitioner who has received a person’s written request for medical assistance in dying and provides medical assistance in dying in Ontario by prescribing or providing a substance to the person for self-administration must provide the applicable information referred to in Schedules 1 and 3 and the information referred to in Schedule 4 or 4.1, as the case may be, and Schedule 5 no earlier than the 90th day after the day on which the practitioner prescribes or provides the substance and no later than one year after that day,

  • (a) to the recipient designated under subsection 2(1), except in the case referred to in paragraph (b); or

  • (b) to the recipient designated under paragraph 2(2)(a), in the case where, when the practitioner provides the information, the practitioner knows that the person has died following self-administration of the substance.

• Marginal note:Exception — time to report

  (3) The practitioner may provide the information earlier than the 90th day after the day on which the practitioner prescribes or provides the substance to the person who has made a request for medical assistance in dying if the practitioner knows that the person has died.

• Marginal note:Exception — no other information required

  (4) A practitioner who provides information in accordance with subsection (1) or (2) is not required to provide information under section 9.