Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016
83Medical treatment decision maker may seek advice
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 83
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016.
83 Medical treatment decision maker may seek advice
(1) A person's medical treatment decision maker may apply to VCAT for directions or an advisory opinion on any matter or question relating to the scope or exercise of the person's authority to consent to a medical research procedure on behalf of the person.
(2) The principal registrar of VCAT must give notice of the application, of the hearing of the application and of any order, directions or advisory opinion of VCAT in respect of the application to any person whom VCAT considers has a special interest in the affairs of the person.
(3) VCAT may—
(a) give any directions or advisory opinion it considers necessary; and
(b) make any order it considers necessary.
Division 5—Offences