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The authority of the TSDM applies to the particular health care decision at hand. While TSDMs can consent to a “plan for minor health care “(see below), they cannot give “blanket consent” for future health care. In part, this is because health care consent requires “informed consent”; the TSDM or any other substitute would not have the information on the person’s future condition and available options at that point of decision-making. Consent to a plan for minor health care by a TSDM “expires” or needs to be revisited after one year. ([[Chapter Seven Legal Issues in Residential Care References|14]]) | The authority of the TSDM applies to the particular health care decision at hand. While TSDMs can consent to a “plan for minor health care “(see below), they cannot give “blanket consent” for future health care. In part, this is because health care consent requires “informed consent”; the TSDM or any other substitute would not have the information on the person’s future condition and available options at that point of decision-making. Consent to a plan for minor health care by a TSDM “expires” or needs to be revisited after one year. ([[Chapter Seven Legal Issues in Residential Care References|14]]) | ||
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| width="100%" |''' Definition of Health Care (Health Care Consent ''' | |||
"Health care" means anything that is done for a therapeutic, preventive, palliative, diagnostic, cosmetic or other purpose related to health, and includes: | |- valign=top | ||
| width="100%" | "Health care" means anything that is done for a therapeutic, preventive, palliative, diagnostic, cosmetic or other purpose related to health, and includes: | |||
:(a) a series or sequence of similar treatments or care administered to an adult over a period of time for a particular health problem, | :(a) a series or sequence of similar treatments or care administered to an adult over a period of time for a particular health problem, | ||
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::(iii) expires no later than 12 months from the date consent for the plan was given, and | ::(iii) expires no later than 12 months from the date consent for the plan was given, and | ||
:(c) participation in a medical research program approved by an ethics committee designated by regulation. | :(c) participation in a medical research program approved by an ethics committee designated by regulation. | ||
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====Duties of a temporary substitute decision-maker==== | ====Duties of a temporary substitute decision-maker==== | ||
