South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts60—Person must not give consent unless authorised to do so under this
Part
A person who is not the appropriate authority to give consent to the medical
or dental treatment of a person to whom this Part applies is guilty of an
offence if he or she, knowing that he or she is not the appropriate authority
or being recklessly indifferent as to whether or not he or she is the
appropriate authority—
(a)
gives any such consent; or
(b)
represents to a medical practitioner, dentist or other health professional
that he or she is the appropriate authority to give such a consent.
Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.