s 19 Protection of medical practitioners and other persons acting in good faith and without negligence
19.—(1) A medical practitioner shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability or discipline for professional misconduct for a decision made by him or her in good faith and without negligence as to whether —(a) a patient is, or is not, suffering from a terminal illness; (b) a patient has revoked, or intended to revoke, a directive; (c) a patient was, or was not, at the time of making a directive, capable of understanding the nature and consequences of the directive; or (d) a directive was valid. (2) A person acting under a medical practitioner’s instructions shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability or discipline for professional misconduct for giving effect to a directive in the absence of knowledge of revocation or intended revocation of the directive.