I'm old enough that I will remember those abortion committees, having served on a few of them. I would hope that we don't replicate that.
As an early step to make sure that these things are proceeding smoothly and that people are not getting physician-assisted deaths who should not be getting them, I think some oversight at the beginning is very reassuring, both to patients and to practitioners. I know that the Canadian Psychiatric Association strongly endorsed this and felt that they would really welcome such oversight.
You ask who should be on such a committee. Off the top of my head, I think we should clearly have one or more psychiatrists. We should have one or two good legal experts. We probably should have one or two bioethicists. Perhaps we should have a patient representative.
I think that we need to think very carefully about who best would serve on such a committee. It should be small and nimble and it should be able to meet quickly.