Mental Treatment Act, 1945

Visitation of sole patient in private institution.

130.—(1) Where one person only of unsound mind is taken care of in a private institution registered in the register, the Minister may by order direct how often such person is to be visited by a registered medical practitioner, and the provisions of such order shall be duly complied with.

(2) Unless and until an order is made in relation to any particular person under sub-section (1) of this section, such person shall be visited twice at least in each week by a registered medical practitioner.

(3) A registered medical practitioner visiting pursuant to this section or an order made thereunder shall at each visit make and sign a statement in the prescribed form as to the health of the person visited and the registered proprietor of the private institution where the visit is made shall retain such statement in the institution for inspection by the Inspector of Mental Hospitals.

(4) The Minister may require a registered medical practitioner visiting pursuant to this section or an order made thereunder to furnish to the Minister a report in writing as to the condition of the person visited and such practitioner shall comply with the requirement of the Minister.

(5) The Minister may by order direct that the services of any registered medical practitioner visiting a person of unsound mind who is the sole person taken care of in a private institution registered in the register shall be dispensed with and that, in lieu thereof, the services of some other registered medical practitioner be obtained, and the provisions of such order shall be duly complied with.