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CurrentAction to be taken by medical practitioner on making assessment order
Chapter 2Assessment, Treatment and Management of patients
Part 3Involuntary Patients
Division 1Assessment orders
29 Action to be taken by medical practitioner on making assessment order
A medical practitioner who makes an assessment order is to –
give a copy of the order to the patient (together with a statement of rights in an approved form); and give a copy of the order to the approved medical practitioner who is likely to do the assessment or, if applicable, the controlling authority of the approved facility where the patient is to be, or is likely to be, assessed; and place a copy of the order on the patient's clinical record (ensuring that such a clinical record is created if one does not already exist).
This Act’s bill:Explanatory notesSecond reading speech
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