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Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
103Authority to perform electroconvulsive treatment on an adult who is not a patient
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103 Authority to perform electroconvulsive treatment on an adult who is not a patient
Electroconvulsive treatment may be performed on an adult who is not a patient if—
(a) the adult has personally given informed consent in writing to receiving the electroconvulsive treatment; or
(b) the Mental Health Tribunal has made an order authorising the course of electroconvulsive treatment.
See definition of patient in section 3(1).