South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts31—Offences in relation to authorisations and orders
(1) A medical
practitioner who signs any authorisation or order for the purposes of this Act
without having seen and personally examined the person to whom the
authorisation or order relates is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: Division 5 fine or division 5 imprisonment.
(2) A medical
practitioner who wilfully certifies that a person has a mental illness, not
believing the person to have a mental illness, or who wilfully makes any other
false or misleading statement in an authorisation or order given or made under
or for the purposes of this Act, is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: Division 5 fine or division 5 imprisonment.
(3) A person who, not
being a medical practitioner, signs any certificate or order for the purposes
of this Act in which he describes himself or herself as, or pretends to be, a
medical practitioner or otherwise purports to act under this Act in the
capacity of a medical practitioner is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: Division 5 fine or division 5 imprisonment.
(4) Any person who by
fraudulent means procures or attempts to procure any person who does not have
a mental illness to be received into, or detained in, an approved treatment
centre or to be treated pursuant to an order under this Act is guilty of an
offence.
Penalty: Division 5 fine or division 5 imprisonment.