A New Zealand health practitioner is under investigation for allegedly raising the possibility of availing of assisted suicide with a patient in a state of suicidal ideation.

The Health and Disability Commissioner is investigating the case, which was revealed in a Ministry of Health report published Tuesday.

The report said a complainant had raised concerns about “a health practitioner initiating a conversation about assisted dying with a suicidal young person”.

Under New Zealand’s assisted dying law, a doctor or other health professional cannot initiate discussion about assisted dying. It must be initiated by the patient.

While the patient’s condition is not detailed in the report, the law also explicitly states that a person cannot be eligible for euthanasia on the basis of mental illness alone. There is also a minimum age of 18 years old.