Powers of Attorney Act 1998

Health care, of a principal, is care or treatment of, or a service or a procedure for, the principal—

to diagnose, maintain, or treat the principal’s physical or mental condition; and

carried out by, or under the direction or supervision of, a health provider.

Health care, of a principal, includes withholding or withdrawal of a life-sustaining measure for the principal if the commencement or continuation of the measure for the principal would be inconsistent with good medical practice.

Health care, of a principal, does not include—

first aid treatment; or

a non-intrusive examination made for diagnostic purposes; or

the administration of a pharmaceutical drug if—

a prescription is not needed to obtain the drug; and

the drug is normally self-administered; and

the administration is for a recommended purpose and at a recommended dosage level; or

psychosurgery for the principal.