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SGP-1996-L-46348
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
The Advance Medical Directive Act 1996 (No. 16 of 1996).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Singapore
Subjects (Classification)
Medical care and sickness benefit
Adopted on (Date of text)
1996-05-17
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Allows persons over the age of 21 to make an advance medical directive indicating their wish not to be subjected to extraordinary life-sustaining treatments in the event of a terminal illness. Provides for medical practitioners' duties in such cases and relieves physicians of liability if medical treatment is withheld from a patient in accordance with the Act. Assures confidentiality of advance medical directives and makes it an offence to require such directives for the purposes of insurance policies. The Act shall not be interpreted as an authorization of euthanasia or mercy killing.
Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
1997-04-05 (SGP-1997-R-47411)
Advance Medical Directive Regulations 1997 (No. S 218).
Implementing text(s)
1997-04-05 (SGP-1997-R-47411)
Advance Medical Directive Regulations 1997 (No. S 218).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Singapore Statutes Online
Author
Advance Medical Directive Act (1997 Revised Edition)
Publisher
Attorney-General's Chambers and the Managing for Excellence Office, MOF
Country
Singapore
URL
http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/
Serial region
Serial title
Government Gazette, Acts Supplement
Date
1997-01-17
Number
No. 1
Page range
pp. 1-15