End of Life Choice Bill - Amendment paper No 343
End of Life Choice Bill - Amendment paper No 343
End of Life Choice Bill - Amendment paper No 343
No 343
House of Representatives
Supplementary Order Paper
Tuesday, 10 September 2019
End of Life Choice Bill
Proposed amendment to SOP No 259
Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi, in Committee, to move the following amendment:
Clause 20
In clause 20(1), replace paragraph (b) (page 18) with:
(b)
3 health practitioners,—
(i)
at least 1 of whom must be a medical practitioner whose practice specialises in the area of geriatric care; and
(ii)
at least 1 of whom must be a medical practitioner whose practice specialises in the area of palliative care.
Explanatory note
This Supplementary Order Paper amends Supplementary Order Paper No 259 amending the End of Life Choice Bill by adding 2 particular membership qualification requirements in relation to the Review Committee.
It is important that the Review Committee include, among its health practitioner members, at least 1 who specialises in geriatric care, given the predominance of older New Zealanders likely to be affected by the proposed law.
Similarly, it is important that the health practitioner members of the Review Committee also include at least 1 who specialises in palliative care, given the knowledge that such a person, or persons, inevitably has regarding the provision of real care at the end of life.