South Australian Current Acts

CONSENT TO MEDICAL TREATMENT AND PALLIATIVE CARE ACT 1995 - SECT 14D

14D—Person must not give consent unless authorised to do so

A person who is not a person responsible for a particular patient is guilty of an offence if he or she, knowing that he or she is not a person responsible for the patient or being recklessly indifferent as to whether or not he or she is a person responsible for the patient—

            (a)         purports to give a consent under this Part in respect of the patient; or

            (b)         represents to a medical practitioner that he or she is a person responsible for the patient.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.