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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2007 - SECT 6

Voluntary admission of children

6 Voluntary admission of children

(cf 1990 Act, ss 13-15)

(1) An authorised medical officer must, as soon as practicable after admitting a person under the age of 16 years as a voluntary patient, take all reasonably practicable steps to notify a parent of the person of the admission.
(2) An authorised medical officer must discharge a person of 14 or 15 years of age who has been admitted as a voluntary patient if a parent of the person objects to the admission to the officer, unless the person elects to continue as a voluntary patient.
(3) A person under the age of 14 years must not be admitted as a voluntary patient if a parent of the person objects to the admission to an authorised medical officer.
(4) An authorised medical officer must discharge a person under the age of 14 years who has been admitted as a voluntary patient if a parent of the person requests that the person be discharged.



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