College MAiD Standard Updated

April 27, 2021

The College’s revised Professional Standard Regarding Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) was approved yesterday and is now available.

The Standard reflects important changes in Canada’s legal approach to MAiD as provided for with the passage of Bill C-7 last month. These changes include a pathway to eligibility to MAiD for patients whose natural death is not reasonably foreseeable, as well as ongoing eligibility for patients who have lost capacity after having been found to be eligible (Audrey’s Amendment).

The College acknowledges that we are in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq people. This territory is covered by the Treaties of Peace and Friendship. We also acknowledge that people of African descent have been in Nova Scotia for over 400 years, and we honour and offer gratitude to those ancestors.