Singapore legislation
Clause 19
Clause 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 in good faith and without negligence as to whether —
a patient is, or is not, suffering from a terminal illness;
a patient has revoked, or intended to revoke, a directive;
a patient was, or was not, at the time of making a directive, capable of understanding the nature and consequences of the directive; or
a directive was valid.
(2)
A person acting under the instructions of a medical practitioner 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.