Section 237 - Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 - Accepting care and control of a person at a specified body | Zoe

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Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022

237Accepting care and control of a person at a specified body

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237 Accepting care and control of a person at a specified body

(1) On transporting a person to a specified body in accordance with section 234(b) or 236(b), a registered medical practitioner, an authorised mental health practitioner or a registered nurse at the specified body must accept the person into their care and control as soon as is reasonably practicable and it is safe to do so.

(2) On accepting a person transported under this section, the care and control of the person is transferred to the registered medical practitioner, the authorised mental health practitioner or the registered nurse (as the case may be).