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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 - SECT 68

68 .         Confirmation of inpatient treatment order

        (1)         This section applies if —

            (a)         the psychiatrist who conducted the examination for the purpose of making the inpatient treatment order and the involuntary inpatient were not in one another’s physical presence when that examination was conducted; and

            (b)         since that examination was conducted, there has been no further examination of the involuntary inpatient conducted by a psychiatrist during which the psychiatrist and the inpatient were in one another’s physical presence.

        (2)         Within 24 hours after the involuntary inpatient is admitted by the authorised hospital in accordance with the transfer order, the inpatient treatment order must be confirmed by a psychiatrist at the authorised hospital.

        (3)         The psychiatrist cannot confirm the inpatient treatment order without examining the involuntary inpatient.

        (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.



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