Regulations for the Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying

Marginal note:Death — other cause

9 A practitioner who has received a patient’s written request for medical assistance in dying must, within 30 days after the day on which the practitioner becomes aware that the patient 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 patient met all of the eligibility criteria, the information referred to in Schedule 3; and

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