South Australian Consolidated Acts

CONSENT TO MEDICAL TREATMENT AND PALLIATIVE CARE ACT 1995 - SECT 14

14—Register

        (1)         The Minister must establish a register of—

            (a)         directions under section 7 of this Act ("treatment directions ); and

            (b)         medical powers of attorney.

        (2)         The Minister must appoint a suitable person (referred to below as the "Registrar") to administer the register.

        (3)         A person who has given a treatment direction, or granted a medical power of attorney, may, on application to the Registrar, have the direction or power of attorney registered in the register.

        (4)         An application under subsection (3) must be accompanied by—

            (a)         a copy of the direction or power of attorney (to be held by the Registrar for the purposes of this section); and

            (b)         a fee prescribed by regulation.

        (5)         The Registrar must, at the request of a medical practitioner responsible for the treatment of a person by whom a registered direction or power of attorney was given, or any other person with a proper interest in a registered direction or power of attorney, produce the direction or power of attorney for inspection by that medical practitioner or other person.

        (6)         The Registrar must, on application by a person who gave a registered treatment direction or granted a registered power of attorney, register the revocation of the direction or power of attorney and remove it from the register.