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Public Health Act 2005
sec.201Designated medical officer may extend care and treatment order
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### sec.201 Designated medical officer may extend care and treatment order
This section applies if a designated medical officer considers that a care and treatment order for a child should be extended.
The designated medical officer may extend the order within 48 hours after the order was first made to a time that is not more than 96 hours after the order was first made.
The designated medical officer may not extend the order unless the designated medical officer consults with another designated medical officer and the other designated medical officer agrees that the order should be extended.
The designated medical officer extending the order must make a written record of the extension of the care and treatment order that includes the following—
the designated medical officer’s name, address and telephone number;
the reasons for the extension of the order;
the name, address and telephone number of the designated medical officer consulted by the designated medical officer extending the order;
a statement that the designated medical officer consulted agreed that the order should be extended;
the time to which the order is extended.
To remove any doubt, it is declared that the designated medical officer who extends the order need not be the designated medical officer who gave the order.
(sec.201-ssec.1) This section applies if a designated medical officer considers that a care and treatment order for a child should be extended.
(sec.201-ssec.2) The designated medical officer may extend the order within 48 hours after the order was first made to a time that is not more than 96 hours after the order was first made.
(sec.201-ssec.3) The designated medical officer may not extend the order unless the designated medical officer consults with another designated medical officer and the other designated medical officer agrees that the order should be extended.
(sec.201-ssec.4) The designated medical officer extending the order must make a written record of the extension of the care and treatment order that includes the following— the designated medical officer’s name, address and telephone number; the reasons for the extension of the order; the name, address and telephone number of the designated medical officer consulted by the designated medical officer extending the order; a statement that the designated medical officer consulted agreed that the order should be extended; the time to which the order is extended.
(sec.201-ssec.5) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the designated medical officer who extends the order need not be the designated medical officer who gave the order.
- (a) the designated medical officer’s name, address and telephone number;
- (b) the reasons for the extension of the order;
- (c) the name, address and telephone number of the designated medical officer consulted by the designated medical officer extending the order;
- (d) a statement that the designated medical officer consulted agreed that the order should be extended;
- (e) the time to which the order is extended.