Acts and Regulations

2016, c.46 - Advance Health Care Directives Act

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Execution of health care directive
6(1)A health care directive shall be in writing and shall be signed and dated by
(a) the maker, and
(b) a witness who is at least 19 years of age, at the direction and in the presence of the maker.
6(2)The witness shall not be the maker’s spouse, a proxy appointed in the health care directive or a proxy’s spouse.
6(3)If the maker is unable to sign and date the health care directive, another person may sign and date the directive on behalf of the maker, at the direction of the maker and in the presence of the maker and the witness.
6(4)The person who signs and dates a health care directive on behalf of the maker shall not be the maker’s spouse, a proxy appointed in the directive or a proxy’s spouse.
6(5)The name of the person under subsection (4) and the fact that the person signed and dated the health care directive on behalf of the maker shall be documented in the directive.