Health (Mental Services) Act, 1981
Disqualification of registered medical practitioner in relation to particular person. |
14.—A registered medical practitioner shall, for the purposes of sections 15 , 16 , and 19 , be disqualified in relation to a person— | |
(a) if the practitioner is the husband or wife, father, stepfather or father-in-law, mother, stepmother or mother-in-law, son, stepson or son-in-law, daughter, stepdaughter or daughter-in-law, brother, stepbrother or brother-in-law, sister, stepsister or sister-in-law or the uncle, aunt, nephew or niece by consanguinity or affinity or guardian or trustee of the person, or | ||
(b) if the practitioner is employed in or by the psychiatric centre in which it is desired to have the person received or has charge of patients in the centre, or | ||
(c) where the centre is a registered psychiatric centre, if the practitioner is a member of the governing body of or is the person carrying on or in charge of that psychiatric centre. |