MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 - SECT 601

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 - SECT 601

601 .         Personal examination for referral (1996 Act s. 31 and 32)

        (1)         This section applies if, immediately before commencement day, a medical practitioner or authorised mental health practitioner had completed an examination in accordance with the 1996 Act section 31 but had not done anything under section 29 of that Act, or under section 29 of that Act as applied by section 30(1) of that Act, as a result of the examination.

        (2)         The examination is taken to be an assessment conducted in accordance with Part 6 Division 2 Subdivision 4 for the purposes of Part 6 Division 2 Subdivision 3.

        (3)         The medical practitioner or authorised mental health practitioner can make a referral under section 26(2) or (3)(a) or 36(2) on the basis of the examination, but the referral cannot be made more than 48 hours after the time when the examination was completed under the 1996 Act section 31.

        [Section 601 inserted: No. 25 of 2014 s. 9.]