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Mental Health Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · General
Mental Health Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · General
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
A medical practitioner making an order under section 12 or 13 or a court making an order under section 44 or 62 shall immediately send a copy of the order to the officer in charge of the psychiatric facility into which the person who is the subject of the order is to be received.
medical practitioner
“medical practitioner” means a person who is registered as a medical practitioner under the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act;
medical practitioner
“medical practitioner” means a person who is registered as a medical practitioner under the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act;
officer in charge
“officer in charge” means the person responsible for the management and control of a psychiatric facility and for the supervision of the medical staff, nursing staff, technical staff and ancillary staff employed in that facility;
psychiatric facility
“psychiatric facility” means a Government psychiatric facility or a private psychiatric facility;