Purpose of ch 7
198 Purpose of ch 7
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the following—
the responsibilities of authorised doctors and administrators of authorised mental health services in providing treatment and care to patients;
the assessment of patients subject to a treatment authority to decide whether continuation of the authority is appropriate;
the authorisation of treatment in the community for involuntary patients;
the approval of temporary absences for particular involuntary patients;
the appointment of nominated support persons and the recording of advance health directives, enduring powers of attorney and details relating to nominated support persons;
the placing of restrictions on the use of electroconvulsive therapy and non-ablative neurosurgical procedures to treat a mental illness;
the prohibition of psychosurgery and other treatments.
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