Form and content of assessment order
26 Form and content of assessment order
To be valid, an assessment order must – be in an approved form; and be correctly completed.
An assessment order is taken to be correctly completed if it – identifies the patient; and specifies when the examination referred to in section 24(1)(c) was done; and affirms that the patient needs to be assessed against the assessment criteria; and specifies an assessment setting; and specifies if the order authorises the patient's admission to and detention in an approved hospital; and specifies (by date and time) when it was made; and specifies or provides for any matter required by the regulations; and identifies, and is signed by, the medical practitioner who makes it.
An assessment order may, without compromising its validity, specify or provide for any matters, incidental to the assessment of the person in respect of whom the order is made, that the medical practitioner making it considers necessary or desirable in the circumstances.
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