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Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
98Authority to perform electroconvulsive treatment on an adult patient
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98 Authority to perform electroconvulsive treatment on an adult patient
Electroconvulsive treatment may be performed on an adult patient if—
(a) the adult patient has personally given informed consent in writing to receiving the electroconvulsive treatment; or
(b) the Mental Health Tribunal has made an order authorising a course of electroconvulsive treatment in respect of the adult patient.