Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2015 - SECT 165

    (1)     If a doctor administers electroconvulsive therapy to a person, the doctor must make a record of the administration, including whether the administration—

        (a)     was in accordance with an order of the ACAT; and

        (b)     was with the person's consent.

    (2)     The doctor must give the record to the person in charge of the psychiatric facility where the therapy was administered.

    (3)     A doctor commits an offence if the doctor fails to comply with subsection (1) or (2).

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.