MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2007 - SECT 7 Voluntary admission of persons under guardianship
MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2007 - SECT 7
Voluntary admission of persons under guardianship7 Voluntary admission of persons under guardianship
(cf 1990 Act, s 16)
(1) A person under guardianship may be admitted to a mental health facility as a voluntary patient if the guardian of the person makes a request to an authorised medical officer.
(2) A person under guardianship must not be admitted as a voluntary patient if the person's guardian objects to the admission to the authorised medical officer.
(3) An authorised medical officer must discharge a person under guardianship who has been admitted as a voluntary patient if the person's guardian requests that the person be discharged.