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69 Offence to ill-treat patients
69 Offence to ill-treat patients
(cf 1990 Act, s 298)
An authorised medical officer, or any other person employed at a mental health facility, must not wilfully strike, wound, ill-treat or neglect a patient or person detained at the facility under this or any other Act.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
s 69: Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2 [20].