Table 2 Bill C-7 eligibility criteria and safeguards (current legislation)
BILL C-7 eligibility criteria |
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18 + years of age |
Eligible for publicly funded health services |
Has decision-making capacity |
Informed consent to receive MAID given after patient informed of means available to relieve suffering |
Voluntary request for MAID |
Person has “grievous and irremediable medical condition”, meaning: |
serious and incurable illness, disease or disability and has an advanced state of irreversible decline in capability; |
has enduring physical or psychological suffering that is intolerable to them and cannot be relieved under conditions that they consider acceptable |
Person whose natural death is reasonably foreseeable (track-1 safeguards) Person whose natural death is not reasonably foreseeable (track-2 safeguards) |
BILL C-7 TRACK-1 SAFEGUARDS (For persons whose death is reasonably foreseeable) | BILL C-7 TRACK-2 SAFEGUARDS (For persons whose death is not reasonably foreseeable) |
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Patient must make a written request that must be witnessed and signed by one independent witness Two independent practitioners must confirm all eligibility criteria Person must be informed that they can withdraw request at any time, by any means No reflection period Immediately before MAID is provided, person must be given opportunity to withdraw consent Ensure that the person gives express consent to receive medical assistance in dying Final express consent confirmation can be waived if consent agreement is given in advancea | Patient must make a written request that must be witnessed and signed by one independent witness Two independent practitioners must confirm all eligibility criteria Ensure that the assessors consult with a medical practitioner or nurse practitioner who has that expertise in the condition the person is suffering from, and share the results of that consultation with the two assessors Ensure that the healthcare provider have discussed with the person the reasonable and available means to relieve the person’s suffering Ensure that there are at least 90 clear days between the day eligibility criteria is established and the MAiD provision date Person must be informed that they can Withdraw request at any time, by any means Immediately before MAID is provided, person must be given opportunity to withdraw consent Ensure that the person gives express consent to receive medical assistance in dying |