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Scope of health care decisions

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Part 2Health care decision makers

12 Scope of health care decisions

(1)

A health care decision may be made in relation to health care to be provided:

(a)

in specified circumstances; or

(b)

as a course of health care to be provided over a period of time.

(2)

Subsection (1) does not authorise a health care decision maker to avoid responsibility by delegating a health care decision to someone else.

Example for subsection (2)

A health care decision maker cannot decide to have someone else make the health care decision in the future, but would allow consent to be given to a surgeon to make immediately required decisions during surgery.

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