Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998
44HDischarge
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44H Discharge (1) The person-in-charge of the approved treatment facility where the person is detained under the Tribunal order as an involuntary patient must discharge the person from the facility on the earliest of the following: (a) the date specified for discharge in the person's treatment management plan prepared for the application for an order under this Subdivision; (b) the date an authorised psychiatric practitioner and authorised officer form the opinion the person no longer satisfies the criteria for involuntary admission on the grounds of complex cognitive impairment; (c) the date the order ceases to have effect. (2) However, subsection (1) applies subject to Divisions 2 and 3. Note for subsection (2) The person may be admitted as an involuntary patient on the grounds of mental illness or mental disturbance under Division 2 or 3.