sec.157EDetention in treatment or care place

### sec.157E Detention in treatment or care place A person subject to an emergency examination authority may be detained in a treatment or care place that is a public sector health service facility for a period (the examination period ) of not more than 6 hours starting when the authority is given to the health service employee under section 157D (4) . A doctor or health practitioner must explain the effect of the authority to the person. The doctor or health practitioner must take reasonable steps to ensure the person understands the information given under subsection (2) , including by telling the person or explaining the information to the person— in an appropriate way having regard to the person’s age, culture, mental impairment or illness, communication ability and any disability; and in a way, including, for example, in a language, the person is most likely to understand. Also, a doctor or health practitioner may extend or further extend the examination period to not more than 12 hours after it starts if the doctor or health practitioner believes the extension is necessary to carry out or finish an examination of the person under section 157F . s 157E ins 2016 No. 5 s 921 (amd 2017 No. 3 s 52 (10) – (11) ) (sec.157E-ssec.1) A person subject to an emergency examination authority may be detained in a treatment or care place that is a public sector health service facility for a period (the examination period ) of not more than 6 hours starting when the authority is given to the health service employee under section 157D (4) . (sec.157E-ssec.2) A doctor or health practitioner must explain the effect of the authority to the person. (sec.157E-ssec.3) The doctor or health practitioner must take reasonable steps to ensure the person understands the information given under subsection (2) , including by telling the person or explaining the information to the person— in an appropriate way having regard to the person’s age, culture, mental impairment or illness, communication ability and any disability; and in a way, including, for example, in a language, the person is most likely to understand. (sec.157E-ssec.4) Also, a doctor or health practitioner may extend or further extend the examination period to not more than 12 hours after it starts if the doctor or health practitioner believes the extension is necessary to carry out or finish an examination of the person under section 157F . - (a) in an appropriate way having regard to the person’s age, culture, mental impairment or illness, communication ability and any disability; and - (b) in a way, including, for example, in a language, the person is most likely to understand.