South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts18—Treatment is authorised during initial detention in an approved
treatment centre
(1) A patient detained
in an approved treatment centre pursuant to section 12 may, while so
detained, be given such treatment for his or her mental illness or any other
illness as is authorised by a medical practitioner who has examined the
patient.
(2) Treatment may be
given pursuant to subsection (1) notwithstanding the absence or refusal
of consent to the treatment.
(3) This section does
not apply to prescribed psychiatric treatment, or to prescribed treatment
within the meaning of the Guardianship and Administration Act 1993 .