S.I. No. 293/1946 - Mental Treatment (Examinations by Authorised Medical Officers) Order, 1946.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1946. No. 293.

MENTAL TREATMENT (EXAMINATIONS BY AUTHORISED MEDICAL OFFICERS) ORDER, 1946.

DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

MENTAL TREATMENT ACT, 1945 .

The Minister for Local Government and Public Health in exercise of the powers vested in him by Section 110 of the Mental Treatment Act, 1945 , and of every other power in this behalf him hereby orders as follows :—

1. This Order may be cited as the Mental Treatment (Examinations by Authorised Medical Officers) Order, 1946.

2.—(1) Where an authorised medical officer makes a medical examination of any person in pursuance of the Mental Treatment Act, 1945 , he shall, not later than seven days after the expiration of the month in which such examination is made, furnish particulars in the form set out in the schedule to this Order to the public assistance authority for the public assistance district in which such person ordinarily resides.

(2) Where two or more persons who are ordinarily resident in the same public assistance district are examined by an authorised medical officer during any particular month the required particulars may be furnished on the same form.

3. This Order shall come into operation on the commencement of the Mental Treatment Act, 1945 .

SCHEDULE.

RETURN OF CHARGEABLE PATIENTS EXAMINED BY AUTHORISED MEDICAL OFFICER IN PURSUANCE OF THE MENTAL TREATMENT ACT, 1945 .

Name of County or County Borough............................................................

Name of Dispensary District............................................................ ..........

Month during which examinations were made................................................

Name of person examined

Address of person examined

Date of examination

Whether recommendation was made following examination

If recommendation was made state

Institution to which person was recommended for reception

Whether person is a person of unsound mind, a temporary patient or a voluntary patient

I declare that the particulars given in this return are correct.

(Signed)............................................................

Authorised Medical Officer.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government and Public Health this fourth day of September, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-Six.

(Signed) SEÁN MAC ENTEE,

Minister for Local Government and Public Health.