Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Mental Health Act 1986 - SECT 58

Application to Psychosurgery Review Board

58. Application to Psychosurgery Review Board



(1) A psychiatrist who seeks to arrange for a neurosurgeon to perform
psychosurgery on a person must apply to the Psychosurgery Review Board for
consent to the performance of the proposed psychosurgery.

(2) An application under subsection (1) must specify-

   (a)  the exact nature of the psychosurgery proposed to be performed and the
        name and qualifications of the person whom it is proposed will perform
        the psychosurgery; and

   (b)  the clinical indications for the psychosurgery; and

   (c)  the service, hospital or clinic in which it is proposed that the
        psychosurgery be performed; and



   (d)  whether in the applicant's opinion the person on whom the
        psychosurgery is proposed to be performed is capable of giving
        informed consent in accordance with Division 1AA to the performance on
        him or her of that psychosurgery; and

   (e)  whether the applicant is of the opinion that the person on whom the
        psychosurgery is proposed to be performed has given informed consent
        in accordance with Division 1AA to the performance on him or her of
        that psychosurgery or that there is doubt as to whether informed
        consent has been given.