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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1990 - SECT 14 Informal patient of 14 or 15 years of age

This legislation has been repealed.

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1990 - SECT 14

Informal patient of 14 or 15 years of age

14 Informal patient of 14 or 15 years of age

If a parent or the guardian of a person of 14 or 15 years of age who has been admitted to a hospital as an informal patient notifies the medical superintendent that he or she objects to the person's receiving care or treatment at the hospital, the medical superintendent must discharge the person unless the person elects to continue as an informal patient.