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Mental Health Act 2007
85Administration of excessive or inappropriate drugs
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#### 85 Administration of excessive or inappropriate drugs
85 Administration of excessive or inappropriate drugs
(cf 1990 Act, s 198)
> A medical practitioner must not, in relation to any mental illness or mental condition or suspected mental illness or mental condition, administer, or cause to be administered to a person a drug or drugs in a dosage that, having regard to professional standards, is excessive or inappropriate.
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> Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.