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GUARDIANSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS 2017 (S.R. 2017, NO. 66) - REG 8

Application for Board's consent to medical or dental treatment

For the purposes of section 44(2)(c) of the Act, the following information is the prescribed information:
(a) the name and address of each of the following persons:
(i) the applicant;
(ii) the person in respect of whom the application is made;
(iii) the registered practitioner who recommended the treatment that is proposed;
(iv) the registered practitioner who intends to carry out the treatment;
(v) a person responsible for the person in respect of whom the application is made;
(vi) any other person who is concerned for the welfare of the person in respect of whom the application is made;
(vii) a health care professional who has diagnosed the disability of the person in respect of whom the application is made;
(b) the telephone number and email address of each person referred to in paragraph (a) , if known;
(c) details of –
(i) the medical or dental condition requiring treatment; and
(ii) the proposed treatment; and
(iii) the date, time and place of the proposed treatment, if known;
(d) the views of the person, in respect of whom the application is made, on the proposed treatment;
(e) a report from a registered practitioner giving details of –
(i) the disability of the person in respect of whom the application is made; and
(ii) how the disability affects the capacity of that person to give a consent to the proposed treatment; and
(iii) whether the person concerned is, or is likely to become, capable of consenting to the treatment; and
(iv) the condition and proposed treatment of the person in respect of whom the application is made; and
(v) the risks to that person of carrying out the treatment; and
(vi) the risks to that person of failure to carry out the treatment; and
(vii) whether the proposed treatment can be postponed on the ground that better treatment may become available; and
(viii) any alternative treatment available to that person.



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