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The board provides independent oversight of voluntary assisted dying in Queensland with a focus on monitoring, advising and reporting on compliance with the Act.

Its other functions include providing annual reports about voluntary assisted dying and recommendations about systemic matters.

The functions of the board under the Act are to:

• monitor the operation of the Act
• review, for each completed request for voluntary assisted dying, whether or not the following persons complied with the Act:
  • coordinating practitioners
  • consulting practitioners
  • administering practitioners
  • authorised suppliers
  • authorised disposers
  • contact persons
• refer to the following entities, issues identified by the board in relation to voluntary assisted dying that are relevant to the functions of the entities:
  • the Commissioner of Police
  • the Registrar-General
  • the State Coroner
  • the Health Ombudsman
  • the Chief Executive
• record and keep information prescribed by regulation about requests for, and provision of, voluntary assisted dying;
• analyse information given to the board under the Act and research matters related to the operation of the Act;
• provide, on the board’s own initiative or on request, information, reports and advice to the Minister or the chief executive in relation to:
  • the operation of the Act; or
  • the board’s functions; or
  • the improvement of the processes and safeguards of voluntary assisted dying;
• promote compliance with the Act, including by providing information about the operation of the Act to registered health practitioners and members of the community;
• promote continuous improvement in the compassionate, safe and practical operation of the Act;
• consult and engage with the community and any entity the board considers appropriate in relation to voluntary assisted dying.

The board will perform any other function given to it under the Act. In performing its functions, the board must act independently and in the public interest.