South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts19—Orders for treatment for patients subject to continuing detention
orders
(1) Subject to
subsection (2), treatment for his or her mental illness cannot be given
to a person who is subject to an order of the Board for detention in an
approved treatment centre unless the treatment has been authorised by order of
the Board on an application under this section.
(2) The authorisation
of the Board is not required if—
(a) the
nature of the patient's mental illness is such that the treatment is urgently
needed for the protection of the patient or other persons; and
(b) in
the circumstances it is not practicable to obtain that authorisation.
(3) An application
under this section may be made by a medical practitioner or the director of
the approved treatment centre in which the person is being detained.
(4) Treatment of a
mental illness pursuant to an order under this section and treatment for any
other illness may be given to the patient notwithstanding the absence or
refusal of consent to the treatment.
(5) This section does
not apply to prescribed psychiatric treatment, or to prescribed treatment
within the meaning of the Guardianship and Administration Act 1993 .