Medical / Dental Treatment for Patients Who Cannot Consent - The Person Responsible

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Title: Medical / Dental Treatment for Patients Who Cannot Consent - The Person Responsible (PDF file - 37 KB) (Links to English resource)

Summary: Guide to consent to medical/dental treatment for a person who cannot consent. Information about the ‘person responsible’ and the medical/dental treatment decisions the can and cannot make under the Medical Treatment Act and the Mental Health Act on behalf of someone with a decision-making disability.

Organisation: Office of the Public Advocate

Publishing date: April 2004

Last reviewed: April 2004

Target audience: General

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