Western Australian Current Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 - SECT 109

109 .         Changing involuntary inpatient’s status while inpatient on leave

        (1)         This section applies if, while an involuntary inpatient is away from a hospital on leave of absence, the treating psychiatrist is given a written opinion from another medical practitioner or a mental health practitioner to the effect that the involuntary inpatient is no longer in need of an inpatient treatment order.

        (2)         The treating psychiatrist must file the opinion as soon as practicable, whether or not the treating psychiatrist acts under subsection (3) on the basis of the opinion.

        (3)         The treating psychiatrist may make an order under section 90(1) in respect of the involuntary inpatient on the basis of the opinion and without examining the inpatient.