(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.