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MEDICAL TREATMENT PLANNING AND DECISIONS ACT 2016 (NO. 69 OF 2016) - SECT 54

Administering palliative care

A health practitioner may administer palliative care to any person who does not have decision-making capacity for that care despite any decision of the person's medical treatment decision maker, but in making a decision to administer that care must—

        (a)     have regard to any preferences and values of the person, whether expressed by way of a values directive or otherwise; and

        (b)     consult with the person's medical treatment decision maker (if any).



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