Health (Mental Services) Act, 1981

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Number 17 of 1981


HEALTH (MENTAL SERVICES) ACT, 1981


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I

Preliminary

Section

1.

Short title, collective citation and construction.

2.

Commencement.

3.

Interpretation.

4.

Ordinary residence.

5.

Regulations.

6.

Laying of regulations before Oireachtas.

7.

Repeals.

8.

Offences.

PART II

Registration and Supervision of Psychiatric Institutions

9.

District psychiatric centres.

10.

Registered psychiatric centres.

11.

Refusal and cancellation of registration.

12.

Registered psychiatric homes.

PART III

Admission and Discharge Procedures

13.

Voluntary admission of patients.

14.

Disqualification of registered medical practitioner in relation to particular person.

15.

Application for recommendation for reception.

16.

Removal to Garda Síochána station of person believed to be suffering from mental disorder.

17.

Place of detention.

18.

Disclosure of previous application for recommendation for reception.

19.

Recommendation for reception.

20.

Exclusion of special psychiatric centre.

21.

Escort.

22.

Effect of recommendation for reception.

23.

Reception and detention of person.

24.

Form of reception order.

25.

Effect of reception order.

26.

Boarding-out.

27.

Return of person absent without leave.

28.

Permitted absence.

29.

Transfers.

30.

Special psychiatric centres.

31.

Transfer to special psychiatric centre.

32.

Discharge.

PART IV

Safeguards for Patients

33.

Information as to persons detained.

34.

Furnishing of documents to detained and discharged persons.

35.

Forwarding of letters.

36.

Inspection of centres and homes.

37.

Psychiatric review boards.

38.

Review of detention.

39.

Decision of review board as to person in detention.

40.

Review of conditional discharge.

41.

Review of long-term detention.

42.

Representation.

43.

Oral hearings.

44.

Consent for certain therapeutic procedures.

45.

Report of certain matters to Minister.

PART V

Miscellaneous

46.

Leave of the High Court for certain proceedings.

47.

Saving of court jurisdiction.

48.

Fee for registered medical practitioner carrying out medical examination.

49.

Transitional.

50.

Saver for specified enactments.

SCHEDULE

Repeal of Enactments.


Acts Referred to

Army Act, 1881

1881, c. 58

Central Criminal Lunatic Asylum (Ireland) Act, 1845

1845, c. 107

Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914

1914, c. 58

Criminal Lunatics (Ireland) Act, 1838

1838, c. 27

Criminal Procedure Act, 1967

1967, No. 12

Defence Act, 1954

1954, No. 18

Health Act, 1953

1953, No. 35

Health Act, 1970

1970, No. 1

Lunacy (Ireland) Act, 1821

1821, c. 33

Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Act, 1875

1875, c. 67

Medical Practitioners Act, 1978

1978, No. 4

Mental Treatment Act, 1945

1945, No. 19

Trial of Lunatics Act, 1883

1883, c. 38

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Number 17 of 1981


HEALTH (MENTAL SERVICES) ACT, 1981


AN ACT TO MAKE FURTHER AND BETTER PROVISION FOR THE REGULATION OF THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISORDERS AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. [30th May, 1981]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: