Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1)
Subsection (2) applies if —
(a) a
patient needs urgent treatment; and
(b) the
patient is unable to make reasonable judgments in respect of the treatment;
and
(c) it
is not practicable for the health professional who proposes to provide the
treatment to determine whether or not the patient has made an advance health
directive containing a treatment decision that is inconsistent with providing
the treatment; and
(d) it
is not practicable for the health professional to obtain a treatment decision
in respect of the treatment from the patient’s guardian or enduring
guardian or the person responsible for the patient under section 110ZD.
(2) The health
professional may provide the treatment to the patient in the absence of a
treatment decision in relation to the patient.
[Section 110ZI inserted by No. 25 of
2008 s. 11.]