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Health practitioners need a patient’s consent before providing medical treatment.
Can your adult patient consent? Printable flowchart
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Request the Public Advocate to make a medical treatment decision (Section 63 form)
Notify the Public Advocate that a medical treatment decision maker has refused significant treatment (Section 62 form)