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MEDICAL TREATMENT (HEALTH DIRECTIONS) ACT 2006 - SECT 9 Requirements for non-written health directions

MEDICAL TREATMENT (HEALTH DIRECTIONS) ACT 2006 - SECT 9

Requirements for non-written health directions

    (1)     A health direction (other than a written direction) is not valid unless it is witnessed by 2 health professionals (1 of whom is a doctor) present at the same time.

    (2)     Subsection (1) is subject to section 6 (Other legal rights not affected) and section 11 (People with decision-making capacity to be informed of alternatives etc).