Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Subsection (2)
applies if —
(a) a
patient needs urgent treatment; and
(b) the
patient is unable to make reasonable judgments in respect of the treatment;
and
(c) the
health professional who proposes to provide the treatment reasonably suspects
that the patient has attempted to commit suicide and needs the treatment as a
consequence.
(2) The health
professional may provide the treatment to the patient despite —
(a) the
patient having made an advance health directive containing a treatment
decision that is inconsistent with providing the treatment; or
(b) the
patient’s guardian or enduring guardian or the person responsible for
the patient under section 110ZD having made such a treatment decision in
relation to the patient.
[Section 110ZIA inserted: No. 25 of 2008 s. 11.]
[Heading inserted: No. 20 of 2023 s. 47.]