Victorian Numbered Acts

MEDICAL TREATMENT PLANNING AND DECISIONS ACT 2016 (NO. 69 OF 2016) - SECT 29

An acceptance of appointment as an appointed medical treatment decision maker must—

        (a)     be in writing on the same document as the appointment; and

        (b)     be signed by each appointee; and

        (c)     include a statement of acceptance by each appointee to the effect that the appointee—

              (i)     understands the obligations of an appointed medical treatment decision maker; and

              (ii)     undertakes to act in accordance with         any known preferences and values of the person making the appointment; and

              (iii)     undertakes to promote the personal and social wellbeing of the person making the appointment, having regard to the need to respect the person's individuality; and

              (iv)     has read and understands any advance care directive that the person has given before, or at the same time as, the appointment; and

        (d)     be witnessed by an adult who certifies as to witnessing the signing of the acceptance.