178
CurrentInformed consent not necessary
Part 13Provision of treatment generally
Division 2Involuntary patients and supervised persons
178 Informed consent not necessary
(1)
The patient can be provided with treatment without informed consent being given to the provision of the treatment.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to any of these treatments because this Act makes specific provision in respect of each of them —
(a)
electroconvulsive therapy;
(b)
emergency psychiatric treatment;
(c)
psychosurgery;
(d)
treatment that is prohibited by section 210(1).
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