Application for emergency electroconvulsive therapy order
160 Application for emergency electroconvulsive therapy order
This section applies if the chief psychiatrist and a doctor believe on reasonable grounds that the ACAT could reasonably make an emergency electroconvulsive therapy order in relation to a person.
The chief psychiatrist and doctor may jointly apply to the ACAT for an emergency electroconvulsive therapy order in relation to the person.
The application must be accompanied by an application for an electroconvulsive therapy order in relation to the person.
The ACAT must give a copy of the application to the following people as soon as practicable (and not longer than 24 hours) after the application is lodged:
the public advocate
if the person is a child—the CYP director‑general (see s 187).
Certain people are entitled to appear and give evidence, and be represented, at the proceeding, including the following:
the person who is the subject of the proceeding
the public advocate
the discrimination commissioner.
Other people are also entitled to appear (see s 190).
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) and s 151 (2) (b)).
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