Singapore legislation

Section 6

of Advance Medical Directive Act 1996

Section 6

Registry of directives and objections

(1)

The Director must cause a register of advance medical directives to be established and maintained for the purposes of this Act and which comprises —

(a)

all directives registered under section 5;

(b)

all revocations of directives registered under section 7; and

(c)

all objections of medical practitioners registered under section 10(1).

(2)

The Minister must appoint a Registrar, a Deputy Registrar and an Assistant Registrar of Advance Medical Directives and such other officers and employees as the Minister may consider necessary for the purposes of this Act.

(3)

The register must be kept confidential and must not be disclosed to any person except to the following:

(a)

the person who made the directive or any other person that he or she may in writing authorise;

(b)

the Registrar and other persons appointed to maintain and administer the register;

(c)

the medical practitioner responsible for the treatment of the person who made the directive only if a certificate in respect of that person has been forwarded to the Registrar in accordance with section 9(1).

(4)

Any person who wilfully destroys, mutilates or makes any unauthorised alteration or manipulation in the register shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.

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