7. Decide how to take the medication

After your final review, you need to meet with your doctor to talk about how you want to take the medication that will end your life.

This meeting will be in person.

You must decide how you will take the medication before the next step.

You can have a health professional give you the medication, such as a doctor or a nurse.

Or you can take the medication yourself.

If you choose to take the medication yourself, you must be able to do this without help.

This includes if you eat or drink through a tube.

You must also choose a contact person.

Your contact person must be at least 18 years old and follow certain rules.

For example, they must take any medication you don’t use to a hospital pharmacy:

• after you die

• if you decide not to use voluntary assisted dying.

Your contact person must also tell your doctor when you die.

You and your contact person will need to sign a form.

Your doctor will give you this form.

You will need to give the form back to your doctor after you and your contact person have filled it out.

Your doctor will give a copy of the form to the NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying Board.

They are a group of people who make decisions about who can use voluntary assisted dying.

The NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying Board will send information to your contact person.

They will send this information after they decide you are eligible.

This information will explain the rules your contact person must follow.

You must tell your doctor if you need a new contact person.