Singapore legislation

Section 19

of Advance Medical Directive Act 1996

Section 19

Protection of medical practitioners and other persons acting in good faith and without negligence

(1)

A medical practitioner shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability or discipline for professional misconduct for a decision made by him or her in good faith and without negligence as to whether —

(a)

a patient is, or is not, suffering from a terminal illness;

(b)

a patient has revoked, or intended to revoke, a directive;

(c)

a patient was, or was not, at the time of making a directive, capable of understanding the nature and consequences of the directive; or

(d)

a directive was valid.

(2)

A person acting under a medical practitioner’s instructions shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability or discipline for professional misconduct for giving effect to a directive in the absence of knowledge of revocation or intended revocation of the directive.

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