South Australian Current Acts

CONSENT TO MEDICAL TREATMENT AND PALLIATIVE CARE ACT 1995 - SECT 3

3—Objects

The objects of this Act are—

            (a)         to make certain reforms to the law relating to consent to medical treatment—

                  (i)         to allow persons of or over the age of 16 years to decide freely for themselves on an informed basis whether or not to undergo medical treatment; and

                  (iii)         to provide for the administration of emergency medical treatment in certain circumstances without consent; and

            (b)         to provide for the medical treatment of people who have impaired decision-making capacity; and

            (c)         to allow for the provision of palliative care, in accordance with proper standards, to people who are dying and to protect them from medical treatment that is intrusive, burdensome and futile.