Power to review, alter, modify or cancel advance directive

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Statutory text

(1) A person may, at any time, before the assessment of capacity by a psychiatrist or a mental health professional, review, alter, modify or cancel his advance directive in the manner as may be prescribed.
(2) Where a person has been assessed by a psychiatrist or a medical officer in charge of a mental health establishment as having capacity to make mental healthcare and treatment decisions, he may review, alter, modify or cancel his advance directive in the manner as may be prescribed.
(3) Where a person has been assessed as not having capacity to make mental healthcare and treatment decisions, the nominated representative may make an application to the concerned Board to review, alter, modify or cancel the advance directive given by such person and the Board may, if it is satisfied that the circumstances of the person have changed significantly or such other reasons as may be prescribed, allow such review, alteration, modification or cancellation.

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