Acts and Regulations

2016, c.46 - Advance Health Care Directives Act

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Offences and penalties
16(1)A person who, without the maker’s consent, wilfully conceals, cancels, obliterates, damages, alters, falsifies or forges a health care directive or a revocation of a health care directive commits an offence punishable under Part 2 of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act as a category H offence.
16(2)A person who wilfully misrepresents himself or herself in relation to a health care directive or in relation to the wishes of the maker commits an offence punishable under Part 2 of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act as a category H offence.
16(3)A person who coerces or exerts undue influence on another person to make or revoke a health care directive or who requires another person to make a health care directive as a condition of providing a good or service commits an offence punishable under Part 2 of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act as a category H offence.
16(4)A person who collects or receives, directly or indirectly, a fee or compensation to act as a proxy that is not expressly provided for in the health care directive commits an offence punishable under Part 2 of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act as a category H offence.