APPENDIX A: SUBSTITUTE DECISION MAKING LEGISLATION

Court appointed guardianship

Dependent Adults Act R.S.A. 2000, c. D-11

Infirm Persons Act, R.S.N.B. 1973, c. I-8

Mentally Disabled Persons Estates Act, R.S.N.L. 1990, c. M-10.

Incompetent Persons Act, R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 218

Public Curator Act, S.Q. c. C-81, Civil Code of Quebec

Adult Guardianship and Co-decision-making Act, S.S. 2000, c. A-5.3.

Patients Property Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 349; Adult Guardianship Act (Part 2) R.S.B.C. c. 6 (awaiting proclamation)

Mental Health Act C.C.S.M. c. M110; Vulnerable Persons Living with a Mental Disability Act, C.C.S.M. c. V90

Decision-Making Support and Protection to Adults Act, S.Y. 2003, c. 21.

(applies also in Nunavut)

Guardianship and Trusteeship Act, S.N.W.T. 1994, c. 29.

Substitute Decisions Act, S.O. 1992, c. 30.

Powers of Attorney

Powers of Attorney Act, R.S.A. 2000, c. P-20

Powers of Attorney Act, C.C.S.M. c. P97

Enduring Powers of Attorney Act, R.S.N.L. 1990, c. E-11

Powers of Attorney Act, R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 352.

Powers of Attorney Act, R.S.P.E.I. 1988, c. P-16.

Power of Attorney Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 370

The Powers of Attorney Act, S.S. 2002, c. P-20.3

Property Act, R.S.N.B. 1973, c. P-19.

Enduring Power of Attorney Act, R.S.Y. 2002, c. 73.

Powers of Attorney Act, S.N.W.T. 2001, c.15

Powers of Attorney Act, S.Nu. 2005, c. 9.

Substitute Decisions Act, S.O. 1992, c. 30.

Personal Directive/Representative Legislation

Representation Agreement Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 405.

Personal Directives Act, S.N.W.T. 2005, c. 16

Personal Directives Act, R.S.A. 2000, c. P-6.

Decision-Making Support and Protection to Adults Act, S.Y. 2003, c. 21.

(applies also in Nunavut)

Substitute decision making in the health care context (including care facility admission)

Health Care Directives Act, C.C.S.M. c. H27

Medical Consent Act, R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 279

Consent to Treatment and Health Care Directives Act, R.S.P.E.I. 1988, c. C-17.2

Decision-Making Support and Protection to Adults Act, S.Y. 2003, c. 21.

(applies also in Nunavut)

An Act Respecting Health Services and Social Services, R.S.Q. c. S-4.2.

Health Care Directive and Substitute Health Care Decision Makers Act, S.S. 1997, c. H-0.001

Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 181.

Advance Health Care Directives Act, S.N.L. 1995, A-4.1.

Infirm Persons Act, R.S.N.B. 1973, c. I-8

Health Care Consent Act S.O. 1996, c. 2.

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