Application for electroconvulsive therapy order
153 Application for electroconvulsive therapy order
This section applies if the chief psychiatrist or a doctor believes on reasonable grounds that the ACAT could reasonably make an electroconvulsive therapy order in relation to a person.
The chief psychiatrist or doctor may apply to the ACAT for an electroconvulsive therapy order in relation to the person.
If the person is under 18 years old—
the application must be supported by the evidence of another doctor; and
the applicant or the other doctor (or both) must be a child and adolescent psychiatrist.
A psychiatric treatment order or forensic psychiatric treatment order is also needed if electroconvulsive therapy is to be administered to the person and the person refuses or resists (see s 149 (3) (b) (i) and s 151 (2) (b) (i)).
In this section:
child and adolescent psychiatrist means a psychiatrist who is a member of the Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.
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