Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Mental Health Act 1986 - SECT 13

Admission to a general hospital or emergency department

13. Admission to a general hospital or emergency department



(1) An involuntary treatment order may be made for a person who-

   (a)  satisfies the criteria in section 8(1); and

   (b)  requires medical treatment which is life-sustaining or to prevent
        serious physical deterioration and which can only be appropriately
        provided in a general hospital or emergency department of the general
        hospital.

(2) This Division applies in relation to the making of an involuntary
treatment order for a person referred to in subsection (1) as if a reference
in this Division (other than in this section) to an approved mental health
service were a reference to the general hospital or emergency department of
the general hospital.

(3) If an involuntary treatment order is made for a person referred to in
subsection (1), the person is taken to be absent on leave from the appropriate
approved mental health service, but section 42 does not apply to the person.