1. 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.

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

3. 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.

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

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

6. 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.

7. 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.

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

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

10. 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.