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MEDICAL TREATMENT PLANNING AND DECISIONS ACT 2016 (NO. 69 OF 2016) - SECT 62

Health practitioner to notify Public Advocate if decision maker refuses significant treatment

A health practitioner must notify the Public Advocate if—

        (a)     the medical treatment decision maker of a person refuses significant treatment under section 61; and

        (b)     the health practitioner reasonably believes that the preferences and values of the person are not known or are unable to be known or inferred by that medical treatment decision maker.


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