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Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016
78Medical research practitioner must record basis for administering medical research procedure in clinical records
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78 Medical research practitioner must record basis for administering medical research procedure in clinical records
Before, or as soon as practicable after, administering a medical research procedure to a person who does not have decision-making capacity in relation to the procedure, a medical research practitioner must record in writing in the person's clinical records—
(a) that the practitioner was satisfied that—
(i) the person did not have decision‑making capacity; and
(ii) the person was not likely to recover decision-making capacity within a reasonable time; and
(b) the reason or reasons for being so satisfied.
Division 3—Medical research procedures without consent