S-32.0001 - Act respecting end-of-life care

Section 29.14 Disposition versions

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29.14. If every trusted third person designated in an advance request is deceased or is prevented from acting or refuses or neglects to do so, the patient having made the request must undergo the examination prescribed in the third paragraph of section 29.13 where a competent professional, as applicable,

(1)  finds, at first glance,

(a)  that the patient is exhibiting some of the clinical manifestations related to their illness that are described in the request; or

(b)  that the patient’s medical state gives cause to believe that the patient is experiencing enduring and unbearable physical or psychological suffering; or

(2)  is notified by a person that they believe the patient is exhibiting the clinical manifestations referred to in subparagraph a of subparagraph 1 or that the patient is experiencing enduring and unbearable physical or psychological suffering.

A competent professional must, before carrying out the examination, take reasonable measures to notify every trusted third person designated in the request of the situation.

2023, c. 15, s. 20.