80Recommendation for voluntary admission

80 Recommendation for voluntary admission (1) This section applies if, following an examination and assessment of a prisoner under section 79(1), a designated mental health practitioner is satisfied the prisoner: (a) is likely to benefit from being admitted as a voluntary patient; and (b) has given informed consent to the admission.

Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998 80 (2) The practitioner may recommend the admission of the prisoner as a voluntary patient and arrange for the prisoner to be examined by an authorised psychiatric practitioner: (a) at the custodial correctional facility; or (b) if an examination at the custodial correctional facility would result in an unreasonable delay – at an approved treatment (3) An authorised psychiatric practitioner must examine the prisoner not later than 24 hours after a recommendation for the prisoner's admission is made under subsection (2). (4) The Commissioner of Correctional Services must permit the transfer of the prisoner to an approved treatment facility for an examination under subsection (2)(b).