[{"id":"526a873d-3939-4633-bc4f-a24e8aee9ed9","order":1,"text":"ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVE","fontSize":"20","textAlign":"center","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"4","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"dbd5113f-ba1f-4575-9247-5e85fc38f17c","order":2,"text":"FORM 1 — MAKING OF ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVE","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"center","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"2","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"0d0531f8-16c8-4add-858b-09110e32a709","order":3,"text":"THE ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVE ACT 1996 (ACT 16 OF 1996, SECTION 3)","fontSize":"11","textAlign":"center","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"0","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"27f1d093-7feb-40bf-9a8b-041224e0b2b3","order":4,"text":"THE ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVE REGULATIONS 1997","fontSize":"11","textAlign":"center","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"3343d734-15cf-4516-9f6c-f7ddec0b4701","order":5,"text":"PART A — PERSON MAKING THE ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVE","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"10"},{"id":"1fc062d0-bb1f-4609-afcb-2976fe974b78","order":6,"text":"Name: [Full name of the person making the directive]","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"87874e12-d1b4-41f0-8fd4-a0a8806434b6","order":7,"text":"NRIC / FIN No.: [NRIC or FIN number]","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"8e7a0e5e-81a7-45fe-8b32-9bd0dd087f4b","order":8,"text":"Sex: Male","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"2a9e6c64-9b55-4ccc-b884-df962dc1b985","order":9,"text":"Date of Birth: [Date of birth] (the maker must be at least 21 years of age)","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"a5c5df5a-0e2f-48ea-97fc-c40a227cded1","order":10,"text":"Address: [Residential address], Singapore [Postal code]","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"4693d53f-a413-47b3-b8fe-06d2b162c39e","order":11,"text":"Home Telephone: [Home telephone] Office Telephone: [Office telephone]","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"c97d43fe-f7af-4f9a-a27c-a344713423c6","order":12,"text":"THE DIRECTIVE","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"10"},{"id":"19f6aa3f-516f-4af4-8ad5-2b8199e5d8e7","order":13,"text":"(a) I hereby make this advance medical directive that if I should suffer from a terminal illness and if I should become unconscious or incapable of exercising rational judgment so that I am unable to communicate my wishes to my doctor, no extraordinary life-sustaining treatment should be applied or given to me.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"469d8c91-cf12-4a33-a88b-d9198577a437","order":14,"text":"(b) I understand that "terminal illness" in the Advance Medical Directive Act 1996 means an incurable condition caused by injury or disease from which there is no reasonable prospect of a temporary or permanent recovery where —","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"6ea18f44-eea3-49a1-b29a-bb543b2869f9","order":15,"text":"(i) death would within reasonable medical judgment be imminent regardless of the application of extraordinary life-sustaining treatment; and","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"dff6ac28-cf8e-4e44-94ab-e78e0aa34b05","order":16,"text":"(ii) the application of extraordinary life-sustaining treatment would only serve to postpone the moment of death.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"fa0c1d4a-f9cf-4689-a366-1211f7f427e8","order":17,"text":"(c) I understand that "extraordinary life-sustaining treatment" in the Advance Medical Directive Act 1996 means any medical procedure or measure which, when administered to a terminally ill patient, will only prolong the process of dying when death is imminent, but excludes palliative care.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"c51d2a20-7e62-490e-ac86-e9ae55671591","order":18,"text":"(d) This directive shall not affect any right, power or duty which a medical practitioner or any other person has in giving me palliative care, including the provision of reasonable medical procedures to relieve pain, suffering or discomfort, and the reasonable provision of food and water.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"6911c388-d7e6-4466-997f-77a83e0caa2e","order":19,"text":"(e) I confirm that I make this directive voluntarily, of my own free will and without any inducement or compulsion, and that I have been informed of, and understand, the nature and consequences of making this directive.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"75155519-6b5d-4102-9c2d-adcd67af5bf7","order":20,"text":"(f) I make this directive in the presence of the two witnesses named in Part B and Part C below.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"a3cfcfa4-207c-4dd6-8418-da6f365f2215","order":21,"text":"Signature / Thumb Print of the person making the directive: Signature","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"e8313738-d19b-4921-b136-09e38553228f","order":22,"text":" ","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"b851da1d-85e7-4be0-9980-bcff4f5620ef","order":23,"text":"__________________________________","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"2","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"d238754d-47d2-44a0-8f97-b0573ca842fc","order":24,"text":"Date: [Date of signing]","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"88161b03-2e99-4679-9fef-7a3a789616d0","order":25,"text":"PART B — FIRST WITNESS (must be a registered medical practitioner)","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"10"},{"id":"5439c59e-c8c8-4538-b1e3-64219d37ccd6","order":26,"text":"NOTES FOR WITNESS — A witness shall be a person who, to the best of his or her knowledge:","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"e96ce6cb-9826-48d6-9685-cb0c453eb640","order":27,"text":"(a) is not a beneficiary under the patient's will or any policy of insurance;","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"4","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"d96c1dc4-c06b-42bb-a240-abe140ee360e","order":28,"text":"(b) has no interest under any instrument under which the patient is the donor, settlor or grantor;","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"4","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"00b5a89b-7579-4795-8b19-4d24fd4576d9","order":29,"text":"(c) would not be entitled to an interest in the estate of the patient on the patient's death intestate;","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"4","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"fa3d433a-6f69-4eff-866f-71fff3b9265c","order":30,"text":"(d) would not be entitled to an interest in the moneys of the patient held in the Central Provident Fund or other provident fund on the death of that patient; 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I have taken reasonable steps in the circumstances to ensure that the maker of this directive (a) is of sound mind; (b) has attained the age of 21 years; (c) has made the directive voluntarily and without inducement or compulsion; and (d) has been informed of the nature and consequences of making the directive.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"8","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"c6955bc5-2df0-458e-a77d-bd1c593da4d5","order":40,"text":"2. I declare that this directive is made and signed in my presence together with the witness named in Part C below.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"8","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"b242b62d-e2e5-46f4-8f30-32b152b90954","order":41,"text":"Note: As a guide for determining whether the maker is of sound mind, the medical practitioner should ascertain whether the maker (a) understands the nature and implications of the directive; (b) is oriented to time and space; and (c) is able to name himself or herself and his or her immediate family 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Singapore [Postal code]","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"2ed531aa-bd5f-4362-9c64-4f67b9a9b837","order":50,"text":"Home Telephone: [Home telephone] Office Telephone: [Office telephone]","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"14","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"ef3a7bae-0d21-45e8-a088-04a0fd291f16","order":51,"text":"DECLARATION OF THE SECOND WITNESS","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"1504cc06-f2f5-41ba-865c-a52fb5744a36","order":52,"text":"I declare that this directive is made and signed in my presence together with the witness named in Part B 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[Date]","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"ddd5c203-7156-4dd0-8d31-5a9b5906a1c6","order":56,"text":"EXECUTION","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"10"},{"id":"4578733f-7f92-46ac-9e4b-006d375f8402","order":57,"text":"Made and signed at [Place of signing], Singapore, on the date stated above, in the simultaneous presence of the maker and both witnesses.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"5e98da4b-968e-4e0f-9773-82cb4e5d072d","order":58,"text":"ANNEX 1 — WITNESS ELIGIBILITY ATTESTATIONS","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"10"},{"id":"b7f20ef3-7708-41e8-8d41-93ee095e6236","order":59,"text":"The following attestations are recorded to evidence that each witness independently satisfied the eligibility conditions prescribed by section 3 of the Advance Medical Directive Act 1996 and the Advance Medical Directive Regulations 1997. They supplement, and do not replace, the statutory declarations in Parts B and C above.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"14","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"db8ab227-e86e-4d36-87fe-6d339c42b3d5","order":60,"text":"Attestation of the First Witness","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"95da8ee2-8b84-4543-b0ce-d6c1b55324f1","order":61,"text":"I, [Full name of the medical practitioner], being a medical practitioner registered (or deemed registered) under the Medical Registration Act 1997, attest that, to the best of my knowledge: (a) I am not a beneficiary under the will or any policy of insurance of the maker; (b) I have no interest under any instrument under which the maker is the donor, settlor or grantor; (c) I would not be entitled to any interest in the estate of the maker on the maker's death intestate; (d) I would not be entitled to any interest in the moneys of the maker held in the Central Provident Fund or any other provident fund on the maker's death; and (e) I have not registered an objection under section 10(1) of the Advance Medical Directive Act 1996.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"2e170707-ec29-4c00-998c-2fb0541f0000","order":62,"text":"__________________________________ Date: __________","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"14","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"6a8608d0-e50a-493f-83a7-5be46c29bf3a","order":63,"text":"Attestation of the Second Witness","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"9551b25a-f9c0-46a1-93b3-e84d0f3241a2","order":64,"text":"I, [Full name of the second witness], being at least 21 years of age, attest that, to the best of my knowledge, I satisfy each of the conditions (a) to (e) set out in the attestation of the First Witness above.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"b07329ad-6b46-435e-a0c8-020b101f7034","order":65,"text":"__________________________________ Date: __________","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"1bfda8b0-e293-4808-b805-17cebf22c746","order":66,"text":"ANNEX 2 — ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BY THE MAKER","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"10"},{"id":"72626412-ce59-4731-b31b-bdf32c57c769","order":67,"text":"I, [Full name of the person making the directive], acknowledge and confirm that I understand the following before making this directive:","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"84bccb01-b453-48e0-9c2f-6f61a31cc6d0","order":68,"text":"(a) This directive will take effect only if and when I am certified to be suffering from a terminal illness and I am unconscious or otherwise incapable of exercising rational judgment and of communicating my wishes to my doctor. So long as I remain capable of making my own decisions, my contemporaneous decisions on treatment will prevail over this directive (section 12 of the Act).","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"8","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"d30daf8c-93ea-4f2b-ae61-cb7431d1c962","order":69,"text":"(b) A terminal illness must be certified in accordance with section 9 of the Act. My terminal illness must be unanimously certified by my attending physician together with two other medical practitioners; where the attending physician is a specialist, at least one of the other two must be a specialist, and where the attending physician is not a specialist, both of the other two must be specialists. If they are not unanimous, the matter is referred to a committee of three specialists appointed by the Director of Medical Services, and the directive will not be acted upon unless that committee unanimously certifies the terminal illness.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"8","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"49308b21-139e-42db-8a04-7d748af589ee","order":70,"text":"(c) This directive does not authorise euthanasia or the abetment of suicide. It permits only the withholding or withdrawal of extraordinary life-sustaining treatment so as to allow death to occur naturally (section 17 of the Act).","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"8","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"965284c5-5594-43cb-931d-76406acfe624","order":71,"text":"(d) This directive does not affect my entitlement to palliative care, including reasonable medical procedures to relieve pain, suffering or discomfort, and the reasonable provision of food and water (section 11 of the Act).","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"8","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"4f571607-5722-4628-b474-af1124b9152e","order":72,"text":"(e) The making of this directive does not affect any policy of insurance and shall not be treated as suicide or as affecting any sum payable under such a policy (sections 16 and 18 of the Act).","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"8","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"96bdf84d-eebf-4e27-b33f-f3e114e24efb","order":73,"text":"(f) I make this directive voluntarily and of my own free will. I understand that it is a criminal offence for any person to compel me to make, or to revoke, an advance medical directive.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"14","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"2899560a-af86-4d78-99ce-77a676fadd18","order":74,"text":"Signed by the maker: __________________________________ Date: [Date of signing]","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"d1ac348f-c10d-4f60-8973-e6f46e550034","order":75,"text":"ANNEX 3 — REVOCATION","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"10"},{"id":"1132cf59-daa5-4256-a1ec-ee427dc5b3f0","order":76,"text":"Under section 6 of the Advance Medical Directive Act 1996, the maker may revoke this advance medical directive at any time, in the presence of at least one witness, in writing, orally, or in any other way in which the maker can communicate. The maker (if practicable) and each witness to the revocation must notify the Registrar of Advance Medical Directives of the revocation. A revocation may be made using the prescribed revocation form, or by written notice to the Registrar at the address below. Where the maker is unable to put the revocation in writing, the witness must notify the Registrar and state the reason why the maker could not do so. This directive is automatically superseded by any later valid directive made on Form 1.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"fdcd83b3-29f7-42d4-9690-277231d55e8b","order":77,"text":"ANNEX 4 — IMPORTANT NOTES","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"10"},{"id":"d2871568-530c-4e6b-8bfc-1ec3c648e4ef","order":78,"text":"1. Validity and registration. This directive has no legal effect until it has been registered with the Registrar of Advance Medical Directives. The completed Form 1 must be sent in a sealed envelope, by post or by hand, to the Registrar; faxed or e-mailed copies are not accepted. The Registrar will send the maker an acknowledgement once the directive has been registered.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"8","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"6820d698-e1bc-4b88-9584-0bc5ddd742f5","order":79,"text":"2. Confidentiality. Under section 15 of the Act, it is an offence for any person who is, or is likely to be, involved in the medical care of a patient to enquire whether the patient has made or intends to make an advance medical directive. The maker is therefore under no obligation to disclose the existence of this directive to any hospital or attending physician on admission.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"8","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"8c6365d8-660f-49fe-8653-89775f265141","order":80,"text":"3. Protection of practitioners. A medical practitioner, or a person acting under the practitioner's instructions, who gives effect to this directive in good faith and without negligence is protected from civil and criminal liability and from disciplinary proceedings (section 19 of the Act).","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"8","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"c8245147-72ab-42ab-b2b2-20c0bd7d2904","order":81,"text":"4. Keep this document safe. The maker should keep a copy of this completed form and inform a trusted person of its existence and of the fact of registration. This document does not require a lawyer to be valid, but it must be witnessed and registered as set out above.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"1804018f-4454-4126-9857-07e87b8f1d6c","order":82,"text":"REGISTRY OF ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVES","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"10"},{"id":"c1578e60-540e-4ea2-b187-30cb86d83cfa","order":83,"text":"The Registry of Advance Medical Directives, Ministry of Health, College of Medicine Building, 16 College Road, Singapore 169854.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"d6d50c52-0e69-4530-9777-3414a1d0e7bf","order":84,"text":"Tel: 6325 9136","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"0","cflou":false,"active":true}]