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Tuesday, 24 April 2018

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Title: Guidelines for Health Practitioners: Patient Consent to Treatment and Disclosure of Material Risks
Document ID: Operational Circular OP 1347/00
Date of issue: Thursday, 26 October 2000
Status: NO LONGER APPLICABLE
File number(s): 00-01868
Description: The following guidelines with respect to patient consent to treatment and disclosure of material risk have been prepared for all public hospitals and health services in Western Australia.These guidelines reflect good practice for all health practitioners and are intended to clarify the legal obligations of individual members of staff and the rights of patients in obtaining properly informed consent to treatment. Where there is uncertainty about a patient’s capacity to consent to treatment, the treating health practitioner should seek advice from the hospital or health service executive.
Category: Legal
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Superseded by:
  OD 0005/06  (07-Nov-2006) :: Consent to Treatment Policy for the Western Australian Health System
Supersedes:
  IC 0116/91  (13-Nov-1991) :: Policy Concerning the Obtaining of Consent to Treatment and Completion of Form MR30 or MR20 "Consent Form"
Supersedes:
  CRC 108/91  (01-Jan-1991) :: Policy on informed consent
Superseded by:
  OP 1857/04  (14-Oct-2004) :: Documenting Patient Consent to Treatment and Disclosure of Material Risks by Health Practitioners

This circular last updated: Thursday, 26 October 2000 at 12:00am

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