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Guardianship and Administration Act 1995
35VUrgent health care
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### 35V Urgent health care
> A health practitioner may provide health care to a person who has given an advance care directive, despite the health practitioner not having access to that advance care directive, if the health practitioner considers that providing the health care is necessary, as a matter of urgency –
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> > > (a) to save the person's life; or
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> > > (b) to prevent serious damage to the person's health; or
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> > > (c) to prevent the person from suffering or continuing to suffer significant pain or distress.