Law 3101A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Surrogate Decision-Maker, Implied Consent, Chiropractic
8 Dec 2016
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Its going to vary if were talking about treatment or personal treatment services (to which part 2 of health services do not apply) Tuesday, september 20, 2016: unless a statute provides otherwise, the patient"s consent is generally needed for any treatment, counselling or care. Patient consent is governed by common law principles mainly: 1. The consent should cover both the proposed service and info about the treatment, counselling or care* You have to have defence for yourself if you touch the patient: 2. The consent must relate to the speci c treatment or service undertaken at common law, a practitioner"s mistaken belief that the patient consented provides no defence: 3. Woman fell off a horse and injured her shoulders and called 911 ambulance attendant touched her vital signs and she sued them for the touch which she lost because of implied consent. Act lies on top of the criminal court and common law.
