Section 29Part 4 — HEALTH CARE PROXY
Functions
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While a proxy's appointment is in force, the proxy may make decisions about the directive-maker's health care as if the directive-maker were mentally competent.
The following apply for proxy decisions —
they are exercisable during all periods during which the directive-maker is mentally incompetent, and not otherwise;
they are subject to the directive's provisions;
they cannot be made about matters that are not about health care;
they prevail over the rights of the directive-maker's attorney or nearest relative;
they cannot refuse palliative care to the directive-maker; and
they can only instruct the refusal of artificial nutrition and hydration to the directive-maker if —
the directive-maker is terminally ill; and
the directive provides that the directive-maker does not wish to undergo life-sustaining measures.
A proxy decision is of no effect to the extent that it contravenes subsection (2).