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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2007 - SECT 102
Special medical treatment
(1) A person must not carry out special medical treatment on a patient
otherwise than in accordance with this Part, unless the person is a medical
practitioner and-- (a) is of the opinion that it is necessary, as a matter of
urgency, to carry out special medical treatment on the patient in order to
save the patient's life or to prevent serious damage to the patient's health,
or
(b) consent to the treatment being carried out is given by the Tribunal in
accordance with this Part.
Maximum penalty on indictment: imprisonment for 7
years.
(2) This section does not apply to a patient who is a child to whom
section 175 of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998
applies. Note : This provision provides an offence in relation to carrying out
special medical treatment on children.
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