Victorian Consolidated Legislation

MEDICAL TREATMENT ACT 1988

No. 41 of 1988
Version incorporating amendments as at 3 August 2007

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Section Page

   PART 1-PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purpose
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions
   4.      Other legal rights not affected

   PART 2-REFUSAL OF TREATMENT

   5.      Refusal of treatment certificate
   5A.     Agents and guardians
   5AA.    When can an alternate agent act?
   5B.     Refusal of treatment certificate by agent or guardian
   5C.     Tribunal may suspend or revoke authority
   5D.     Revocation or suspension of refusal of treatment certificate
   5E.     Copies of refusal of treatment certificate
   5F.     Penalty for obtaining certificate by fraud etc.
   6.      Offence of medical trespass
   7.      Cancellation or cessation of certificate
   8.      Effect of certificate or notice issued under this Part

   PART 3-PROTECTION OF REGISTERED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS

   9.      Protection of registered medical practitioners
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           SCHEDULE 1-Refusal of Treatment Certificate: Competent Person
           SCHEDULE 2-Enduring Power of Attorney (Medical Treatment)
           SCHEDULE 3-Refusal of Treatment Certificate Agent or Guardian of
           Incompetent Person
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           ENDNOTES
           1. General Information
           2. Table of Amendments
           3. Explanatory Details