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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2007 - SECT 102 Special medical treatment

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2007 - SECT 102

Special medical treatment

102 Special medical treatment

(1) A person must not carry out special medical treatment on a patient otherwise than in accordance with this Part, unless the person is a medical practitioner and--
(a) is of the opinion that it is necessary, as a matter of urgency, to carry out special medical treatment on the patient in order to save the patient's life or to prevent serious damage to the patient's health, or
(b) consent to the treatment being carried out is given by the Tribunal in accordance with this Part.
Maximum penalty on indictment: imprisonment for 7 years.
(2) This section does not apply to a patient who is a child to whom section 175 of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 applies.
Note : This provision provides an offence in relation to carrying out special medical treatment on children.