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Guardianship and Management of Property Act 1991
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32G Health professional must give information to health
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(1) If a health professional asks a health attorney to consent to medical
treatment for a protected person, or to the protected person
participating in low-risk research, the health professional must give
the health attorney information about the following:
(a) the reasons why the person is a protected person;
(b) the condition of the protected person;
(c) the medical treatment or low-risk research for which consent is
sought;
(d) any alternative medical treatment or low-risk research that is
available;
(e) the nature and likely effect of the medical treatment for which
consent is sought and any alternative medical treatment;
(f) the nature and degree of any significant risks involved with the
medical treatment or low-risk research for which consent is
sought and any alternative medical treatment;
(g) the likely effect of not providing the medical treatment or low-
risk research for which consent is sought;
(h) the decision-making principles;
(i) any other matter that the health professional believes on
reasonable grounds is relevant to the provision of consent for the
medical treatment or low-risk research.
(2) Also, if a health professional asks a health attorney to consent to a
protected person participating in low-risk research that is part of a
clinical trial, the health professional must give the health attorney
access to an independent doctor to provide further information and
answer any questions the health attorney has about the clinical trial.
independent doctor, in relation to low-risk research that is part of a
clinical trial, means a doctor who is not involved in, or connected to,
the research, other than in having a professional interest in the area of
the research.