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Chapter 2Assessment, Treatment and Management of patients
Part 3Involuntary Patients
Division 2Treatment orders
40 Treatment criteria
The treatment criteria in relation to a person are –
the person has a mental illness; and without treatment, the mental illness will, or is likely to, seriously harm – the person's health or safety; or the safety of other persons; and the treatment will be appropriate and effective in terms of the outcomes referred to in section 6(1); and the treatment cannot be adequately given except under a treatment order; and the person does not have decision-making capacity.
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