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S-32.0001 - Act respecting end-of-life care
Section 61
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61. The court may, on the application of the mandatary, tutor of or any person showing a special interest in the author of advance medical directives, order that the instructions relating to care expressed in those directives be carried out.
The court may also, on the application of such a person, a physician or an institution, invalidate advance medical directives, in full or in part, if it has reasonable grounds to believe that the author of the directives was not capable of consenting to the care at the time of signing the directives or that the directives do not correspond to the author’s wishes in the present situation.
The court may, in addition, make any other order it considers appropriate in the circumstances.
61. The court may, on the application of the mandatary, tutor, curator of or any person showing a special interest in the author of advance medical directives, order that the instructions relating to care expressed in those directives be carried out.
The court may also, on the application of such a person, a physician or an institution, invalidate advance medical directives, in full or in part, if it has reasonable grounds to believe that the author of the directives was not capable of consenting to the care at the time of signing the directives or that the directives do not correspond to the author’s wishes in the present situation.
The court may, in addition, make any other order it considers appropriate in the circumstances.
