1. 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.

2. 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.

3. A substitute decision maker can consent on a resident’s behalf, even if the resident is capable.

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

5. 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.

6. Someone named in a Power of Attorney for Personal Care can appoint another person to make decisions for the resident.

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

8. A substitute decision maker needs to be capable, willing, and available in order to make decisions for a resident.

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

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