Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) This section
applies if —
(a) the
supervising psychiatrist makes an inpatient treatment order under
section 120(2)(a) or 123(1)(a) in respect of the involuntary community
patient; and
(b) the
supervising psychiatrist and the involuntary community patient were not in one
another’s physical presence when the examination for the purpose of
making the inpatient treatment order was conducted; and
(c)
since that examination was conducted, there has been no further examination of
the involuntary community patient conducted by a psychiatrist during which the
psychiatrist and the patient were in one another’s physical presence.
(2) Within 24 hours
after the involuntary community patient is admitted by the authorised hospital
in accordance with the inpatient treatment order, the order must be confirmed
by a psychiatrist at the authorised hospital.
(3) The psychiatrist
cannot confirm the inpatient treatment order without examining the involuntary
community patient.
(4) Subdivision 6
applies in relation to the conduct of the examination.
(5) The confirmation
must be in the approved form and must include the following —
(a) the
date and time when it is made;
(b) the
reasons for the confirmation;
(c) the
name, qualifications and signature of the psychiatrist.
(6) The inpatient
treatment order ceases to be in force if it is not confirmed in accordance
with subsection (2).
(7) The release of a
person because of subsection (6) is an event to which Part 9 applies and the
person in charge of the authorised hospital is the person responsible under
that Part for notification of that event.