146VCAT may confer authority to consent to continuing or further special medical procedure

146 VCAT may confer authority to consent to continuing or further special medical procedure (1) If VCAT consents to the carrying out of a special medical procedure on a patient, subject to subsection (2), VCAT may confer authority on the patient's medical treatment decision maker to consent to— (a) the continuation of the special medical procedure; or (b) the carrying out of any further special medical procedure of a similar nature. (2) VCAT may confer an authority under this section only at the request, or with the consent, of the patient's medical treatment decision maker. (3) If a person on whom VCAT has conferred authority under this section ceases to be the patient's medical treatment decision maker, on the application of the patient's new medical treatment decision maker, VCAT may confer authority under this section on the new medical treatment decision maker. (4) VCAT may at any time— (a) impose conditions or give directions as to the exercise of an authority under this section; or (b) revoke that authority. (5) If VCAT confers an authority under this section, a person may request the consent of the patient's medical treatment decision maker to the continuation of the special medical procedure or any further special medical procedure of a similar nature.