Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

MEDICAL TREATMENT ACT 1994 (NO. 72 OF 1994) - SECT 22

22. A health professional or a person acting under the direction of a health professional who, in good faith and in reliance on a decision that he or she believes on reasonable grounds complies with this Act, withholds or withdraws medical treatment from a person is not—

        (a)     guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct under any law of the Territory;

        (b)     guilty of an offence against any law of the Territory; or

        (c)     liable in any civil proceedings;

in connection with the withholding or withdrawal of medical treatment.