Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
580Information which must be provided with an application for an intensive monitored supervision order
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580 Information which must be provided with an application for an intensive monitored supervision order
(1) An application for an intensive monitored supervision order must be accompanied by—
(a) a report by the authorised psychiatrist—
(i) setting out the reasons why the authorised psychiatrist is satisfied that each element of the intensive monitored supervision order criteria apply to the patient; and
(ii) attaching any supporting evidence; and
(iii) specifying the date on which the authorised psychiatrist last examined the patient; and
(b) a supervision plan to support the mental health and wellbeing of the patient detailing—
(i) the proposed treatment and other therapeutic interventions to be provided while the patient is subject to an intensive monitored supervision order; and
(ii) measures proposed for—
(A) reducing the risk posed by the patient and to support the patient to transition from intensive monitored supervision to the hospital environment; and
(B) the patient to no longer be subject to an intensive monitoring order;
(iii) any anticipated harmful effects of being subject to the intensive monitored supervision order and the actions to be taken to reduce those harmful effects.
(2) The application may be accompanied by any other information or material that is relevant to the application.