sec.157MTransfer to another treatment or care place

### sec.157M Transfer to another treatment or care place This section applies if— a person subject to an emergency examination authority is transported to a treatment or care place that is a public sector health service facility; and a doctor or health practitioner believes it is necessary for the person to be transported to another treatment or care place that is a public sector health service facility. An authorised person may transport the person under the emergency examination authority to the other treatment or care place. A person subject to an emergency examination authority may only be detained in a treatment or care place for the examination period, or the examination period as extended under section 157E (4) . s 157M ins 2016 No. 5 s 921 (amd 2017 No. 3 s 52 (26) – (27) ) (sec.157M-ssec.1) This section applies if— a person subject to an emergency examination authority is transported to a treatment or care place that is a public sector health service facility; and a doctor or health practitioner believes it is necessary for the person to be transported to another treatment or care place that is a public sector health service facility. (sec.157M-ssec.2) An authorised person may transport the person under the emergency examination authority to the other treatment or care place. - (a) a person subject to an emergency examination authority is transported to a treatment or care place that is a public sector health service facility; and - (b) a doctor or health practitioner believes it is necessary for the person to be transported to another treatment or care place that is a public sector health service facility.