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====Effect of an advance directive==== | ====Effect of an advance directive==== | ||
Generally speaking, if an adult needs health care and is incapable of giving or refusing consent to the health care — and the health care provider doesn’t know of any | Generally speaking, if an adult needs health care and is incapable of giving or refusing consent to the health care — and the health care provider doesn’t know of any [[Power of Attorney and Representation Agreements (Script 180)|representative]] or [[Committeeship (Script 426)|committee]] with authority to make decisions for the adult — then the health care provider must follow any advance directive they are aware of. | ||
But there are exceptions. A health care provider does '''not''' have to follow the instructions in an advance directive if they reasonably believe any of these things: | But there are exceptions. A health care provider does '''not''' have to follow the instructions in an advance directive if they reasonably believe any of these things: | ||