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→Advance directives—what are they and how do they work?
In some cases, another person, such as a family member or friend, can make medical decisions for you if you’re too ill or unable. If you’ve made a representation agreement allowing your representative to make all major and minor health decisions for you, your representative can make the medical decision. Script [[Power of Attorney and Representation Agreements (Script 180)|180]], called “Power of Attorney and Representation Agreements” has more on this. If you’re mentally incapable, a person appointed by the court as a committee (pronounced comm-it-tay) of the person can make medical decisions for you – check script [[Committeeship (Script 426)|426]], called “Committeeship”.
But if you have no representative or committee of the person, your health care provider must choose a '''temporary substitute decision-maker''', or '''TSDM''', based on what the Act requires, as the next section explains.
==How is a temporary substitute decision-maker (TSDM) chosen?==