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Powers of Attorney Act 1998
sch.2-sec.7Special health care
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### sch.2-sec.7 Special health care
Special health care , of a principal, is health care of the following types—
removal of tissue from the principal while alive for donation to someone else;
For the situation after the principal has died, see the Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1979 , particularly section 22 .
sterilisation of the principal;
termination of a pregnancy of the principal;
participation by the principal in special medical research or experimental health care;
electroconvulsive therapy or a non-ablative neurosurgical procedure for the principal;
prescribed special health care of the principal.
sch 2 s 7 sub 2000 No. 8 s 263 sch 3
amd 2001 No. 95 s 31 ; 2016 No. 5 s 917 (2)
- (a) removal of tissue from the principal while alive for donation to someone else; Note— For the situation after the principal has died, see the Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1979 , particularly section 22 .
- (b) sterilisation of the principal;
- (c) termination of a pregnancy of the principal;
- (d) participation by the principal in special medical research or experimental health care;
- (e) electroconvulsive therapy or a non-ablative neurosurgical procedure for the principal;
- (f) prescribed special health care of the principal.