Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I refer to the point mentioned by the Minister of State, Deputy Alex White, that it would be very difficult to define best medical practice in the legislation. This issue has been raised. If best medical practice were to be defined as that laid down by the relevant professional bodies, could this provide a wording?

Could one come up with that type of wording when defining a "reasonable opinion"? The term "good faith" in the current definition could be qualified by adding the words "best medical practice, as defined by the relevant professional bodies". Perhaps such a reference is already in the legislation. I think this would be a straightforward way of overcoming the-----