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CurrentPsychiatric surgery not to be performed without approval or if person refuses
Chapter 9Electroconvulsive therapy and psychiatric surgery
Part 9.3Psychiatric surgery
168 Psychiatric surgery not to be performed without approval or if person refuses
A doctor commits an offence if—
(a)
the doctor performs psychiatric surgery on a person; and
(b)
the doctor—
(i)
does not have the chief psychiatrist’s approval for performance of the surgery; or
(ii)
has been told under section 174 that the person refuses to have the surgery performed.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.
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