5. Registration of directives
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A person who makes an advance medical directive must register it with the registrar. The registrar must then give that person an acknowledgment in the required form. No one may act on a directive that is not registered.
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Any person who has made a directive in accordance with section 3 must register his or her directive with the Registrar.
Upon receipt of the directive registered under subsection (1), the Registrar must issue to the person who made the directive an acknowledgment in the prescribed form.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Advance Medical Directives appointed under section 6 and includes a Deputy Registrar and an Assistant Registrar;
A person must not act on a directive if it has not been registered in accordance with this section.