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Part 6Involuntary admissions
Division 2Involuntary admission on grounds of mental illness
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(1)
An authorised psychiatric practitioner must examine a person admitted as an involuntary patient not less than once every 72 hours.
(2)
A record of each examination is to be entered in the person's case notes.
(3)
An authorised psychiatric practitioner must discharge the person if, after examining the person, the practitioner is satisfied the person no longer meets the criteria for involuntary admission on the grounds of mental illness.
(4)
The practitioner must discharge the person under subsection (3) despite any order made for the person by the Tribunal under section
122(2)(b) or 123(5)(a).
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