10Reports to Tribunal about involuntary admissions—the Act, s 196(2)(a)

10 Reports to Tribunal about involuntary admissions—the Act, s 196(2)(a)

10 Reports to Tribunal about involuntary admissions—the Act, s 196(2)(a)

(1) The medical superintendent of a mental health facility must report to the Tribunal details of—

(a) each person admitted to the mental health facility as a patient, other than a forensic patient, correctional patient or a voluntary patient, and

(b) each person who is detained as a patient after being a voluntary patient, and

(c) each person taken to the mental health facility against the person’s will who is not admitted.

(2) The report must contain the following information—

(a) the name of the mental health facility,

(b) the name and telephone number of the person preparing the report,

(c) the patient’s medical record number,

(d) the patient’s date of birth,

(e) the patient’s sex,

(f) the patient’s country of birth,

(g) whether an interpreter was required for the patient and, if so, in what language,

(h) the date on which the person was taken to the mental health facility or the date on which the patient was re-classified as an involuntary patient,

(i) how the person was referred, including—

(i) by a certificate under the Act, section 19, including whether the certificate was issued following an order under the Act, section 23 for medical examination or observation, or

(ii) by an ambulance officer under the Act, section 20, or

(iii) by the police under the Act, section 22, or

(iv) in accordance with an order under the Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020, Part 2, Division 3 or under the Mental Health Act 2007, section 24, or

(v) by a transfer from a health facility in accordance with the Act, section 25, or