Mental Health Act 2013
59Transfer of involuntary patients between approved hospitals
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59 Transfer of involuntary patients between approved hospitals
(1) [Section 59 Subsection (1) amended by No. 4 of 2023, s. 78, Applied:25 Sep 2023] The Chief Psychiatrist may direct that an involuntary patient be transferred from one approved hospital to another if satisfied that the transfer is necessary for –
(a) the patient's health or safety; or
(b) [Section 59 Subsection (1) amended by No. 4 of 2023, s. 78, Applied:25 Sep 2023] the safety of other persons; or
(c) [Section 59 Subsection (1) amended by No. 4 of 2023, s. 78, Applied:25 Sep 2023] another prescribed reason.
(2) [Section 59 Subsection (2) amended by No. 4 of 2023, s. 78, Applied:25 Sep 2023] [Section 59 Subsection (2) amended by No. 59 of 2016, s. 33, Applied:01 Jul 2017] [Section 59 Subsection (2) amended by No. 59 of 2016, s. 33, Applied:01 Jul 2017] Except in an emergency, the direction (the transfer direction) is to be in an approved form.
(2A) [Section 59 Subsection (2A) inserted by No. 59 of 2016, s. 33, Applied:01 Jul 2017] In an emergency, the transfer direction may be given orally or in writing.
(2B) [Section 59 Subsection (2B) amended by No. 4 of 2023, s. 78, Applied:25 Sep 2023] [Section 59 Subsection (2B) inserted by No. 59 of 2016, s. 33, Applied:01 Jul 2017] If a transfer direction is given orally in accordance with subsection (2A) , it must be confirmed in writing in an approved form as soon as practicable after it is given.