Requirement for treatment plans to be approved
10 Requirement for treatment plans to be approved
A person may only undertake restricted medical treatment on a prescribed person in accordance with an approved treatment plan and any condition applying to the plan.
Note 1 It is an offence under pt 4 to undertake restricted medical treatment on a prescribed person other than in accordance with an approved treatment plan.
Note 2 If the prescribed person is an adult and the restricted medical treatment is a prescribed medical procedure under the Guardianship and Management of Property Act 1991, consent to the treatment from the ACAT is also required (see that Act, s 70).
Subsection (1) does not apply to urgent restricted medical treatment.
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