What psychiatrist must do on completing examination
72 What psychiatrist must do on completing examination
On completing the examination, the psychiatrist must make one of these orders —
an inpatient treatment order authorising the person’s detention at the authorised hospital for the period specified in the order in accordance with section 87(a) or (b);
a community treatment order in respect of the person;
an order that the person cannot continue to be detained.
The order must be in the approved form and must include the following —
the date and time when it is made;
if it is made under subsection (1)(a) or (b) — the reasons for making it;
the name, qualifications and signature of the psychiatrist.
The psychiatrist must, as soon as practicable, file the order and give a copy to the person.
Notes for this section:
1. A community treatment order is automatically revoked under section 116(b) if a psychiatrist makes an inpatient treatment order under section 72(1)(a) in respect of the involuntary community patient.
2. A community treatment order is no longer suspended if a psychiatrist makes an order under section 72(1)(c) that the involuntary community patient cannot continue to be detained.
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