33Action to be taken by medical practitioner on affirming assessment order

33 Action to be taken by medical practitioner on affirming assessment order

(1)  An approved medical practitioner who affirms an assessment order is to –

(a) give notice to that effect to –

(i) the patient; and

(ii) the medical practitioner who made the order; and

(iii) [Section 33 Subsection (1) amended by No. 4 of 2023, s. 62, Applied:25 Sep 2023] the Chief Psychiatrist; and

(iv) the Tribunal; and

(v) if the patient is to be, or is likely to be, assessed in an approved facility, the controlling authority of the facility; and

(b) place a copy of the instrument of affirmation on the patient's clinical record (ensuring that such a clinical record is created if one does not already exist).

(2)  The notice under subsection (1)(a) is to advise of any extension of the operation of the assessment order.