80AVoluntary admission of prisoner

80A Voluntary admission of prisoner (1) This section applies if, following an examination and assessment of a prisoner under section 79(1) or an examination under section 80(3), an authorised psychiatric practitioner is satisfied: (a) the prisoner is likely to benefit from being admitted as a voluntary patient; and (b) the prisoner has given informed consent to the admission. (2) If the examination and assessment was conducted at an approved treatment facility, the practitioner may admit the prisoner to the facility as a voluntary patient. (3) If the examination and assessment was conducted at the custodial correctional facility, the practitioner may arrange for the prisoner to be transferred to an approved treatment facility and admitted to the facility as a voluntary patient. (4) An authorised psychiatric practitioner, other than the practitioner who admitted the prisoner, must examine the prisoner not later than 24 hours after the prisoner is admitted under subsection (2) or (3). (5) Part 5 applies to the prisoner as if the examination under subsection (4) were an examination under section 25(4). (6) The Commissioner of Correctional Services must permit the transfer of the prisoner to an approved treatment facility for the admission of the prisoner as a voluntary patient under this section.

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