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HEALTH CARE DECISION MAKING ACT 2023 (NO 19 OF 2023) - SECT 4

Definitions

In this Act:

"advance care statement", see section 3 of the Advance Personal Planning Act 2013 .

"advance consent decision" means a health care decision set out in an advance personal plan under the Advance Personal Planning Act 2013 .

"health care", see section 6 .

"health care decision", see section 7 .

"health care decision maker" means a person determined under Part 2 with authority under this Act to make a health care decision.

"health care provider" means an individual who provides health care.

"impaired decision making capacity", see section 8 .

"Public Guardian" means the Public Guardian established under section 60 of the Guardianship of Adults Act 2016 .

"Senior Practitioner" means the person appointed under section 9 of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Authorisations) Act 2019 .

"willing and able", see section 9.

Note for section 4

The Interpretation Act 1978 contains definitions and other provisions that may be relevant to this Act.



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