Victorian Numbered Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 (NO. 26 OF 2014) - SECT 5

The treatment criteria for a person to be made subject to a Temporary Treatment Order or Treatment Order are—

        (a)     the person has mental illness; and

        (b)     because the person has mental illness, the person needs immediate treatment to prevent—

              (i)     serious deterioration in the person's mental or physical health; or

              (ii)     serious harm to the person or to another person; and

        (c)     the immediate treatment will be provided to the person if the person is subject to a Temporary Treatment Order or Treatment Order; and

        (d)     there is no less restrictive means reasonably available to enable the person to receive the immediate treatment.