212Special powers of ambulance officers and medical practitioners acting as MHO

212 Special powers of ambulance officers and medical practitioners acting as MHO

(1)  [Section 212 Subsection (1) amended by No. 59 of 2016, s. 64, Applied:01 Jul 2017] [Section 212 Subsection (1) amended by No. 59 of 2016, s. 64, Applied:01 Jul 2017] [Section 212 Subsection (1) amended by No. 73 of 2013, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2014] An approved ambulance officer or an approved medical officer, when acting as an MHO in transporting any patient by ambulance under this Act, may sedate the patient if the approved ambulance officer or approved medical officer reasonably considers it necessary or prudent to do so, having regard to, and in accordance with, any field protocols approved under the Poisons Act 1971 by the Commissioner, within the meaning of the Ambulance Service Act 1982 .

(2)  [Section 212 Subsection (2) amended by No. 59 of 2016, s. 64, Applied:01 Jul 2017] Nothing in this section is to be taken as authorising an approved ambulance officer or approved medical officer to sedate a patient contrary to the Poisons Act 1971 or another law of the State.

(3)  [Section 212 Subsection (3) amended by No. 4 of 2023, s. 163, Applied:25 Sep 2023] [Section 212 Subsection (3) amended by No. 59 of 2016, s. 64, Applied:01 Jul 2017] An approved ambulance officer or approved medical officer who exercises the power of sedation under subsection (1) is to give the Chief Psychiatrist a report of the matter.

(4)  The report is to –

(a) [Section 212 Subsection (4) amended by No. 4 of 2023, s. 163, Applied:25 Sep 2023] be in an approved form; and

(b) be given within 14 days after the end of the month in which the power of sedation is exercised; and