Mental Health Act 2013
128Records, &c.
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128 Records, &c.
(1) If a patient is given special psychiatric treatment, the treating medical practitioner is to –
(a) make an appropriate record of the matter; and
(b) place a copy of the record on the patient's clinical record; and
(c) [Section 128 Subsection (1) amended by No. 69 of 2013, Sched. 1, Applied:17 Feb 2014] give, as soon as practicable, a copy of the record to –
(i) [Section 128 Subsection (1) amended by No. 4 of 2023, s. 124, Applied:25 Sep 2023] the Chief Psychiatrist; and
(ii) the Tribunal.
(2) [Section 128 Subsection (2) amended by No. 4 of 2023, s. 124, Applied:25 Sep 2023] The Tribunal or Chief Psychiatrist, by notice, may require the treating medical practitioner to provide further information about the special psychiatric treatment within a required time and the treating medical practitioner is to comply with such a requirement.