1. If a resident has two equally ranked substitute decision makers, and one provides consent to treatment but the other refuses, the health care provider proposing treatment must wait for them to agree.

2. A health care provider can ask the Consent and Capacity Board to review a substitute decision maker's consent decision.

3. A resident's substitute decision maker can decide whether or not the resident is capable of making treatment decisions.

4. The Public Guardian and Trustee can make treatment decisions for a resident who has nobody else to act as their substitute decision maker only if prior arrangements have been made by the resident.

5. If a resident never shared any wishes, a substitute decision maker can substitute their own wishes.

6. A person is considered a resident's "spouse" only if that person is married to the resident.

7. If a resident has no higher ranked substitute decision makers, but one child is older than the other, the eldest child will be the substitute decision maker.

8. When making a treatment decision for a resident, a substitute decision maker must consider a resident's wishes before considering the resident's best interests.

9. Even if a resident is capable, informed consent for treatment must also be obtained from the person named in the resident's Power of Attorney for Personal Care document.

10. A substitute decision maker can ask the Consent and Capacity Board for permission to depart from a resident's known wish.