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PART 3

Involuntary Admission

Chapter 1

Involuntary admission

Definitions (Part 3)

10. In this Part—

“advance healthcare directive” has the same meaning as it has in section 2 of the Act of 2015;

“application for a recommendation for involuntary admission” has the meaning assigned to it in section 13 ;

“designated healthcare representative” has the same meaning as it has in section 2 of the Act of 2015;

“direct applicant” has the meaning assigned to it in section 14 ;

“Garda request for an application for a recommendation for involuntary admission” has the meaning assigned to it in section 17 ;

“independent consultant psychiatrist” has the meaning assigned to it in section 27 ;

“panel of independent consultant psychiatrists” has the meaning assigned to it in section 27 ;

“psychosocial assessment” means, in relation to a person, a personal assessment carried out by a mental healthcare professional (other than a consultant psychiatrist) to assess—

(a) the psychological condition of the person,

(b) the environmental and social factors that have contributed to his or her condition,

(c) the ability of the person to care for himself or herself if he or she were to be not admitted to, or discharged from, as the case may be, a registered acute mental health centre, and

(d) the supports that may be required and available to that person outside of the registered acute mental health centre;

“relevant person” has the meaning assigned to it in section 14 ;

“request for an application for a recommendation for involuntary admission” has the meaning assigned to it in section 12 ;

“requester” has the meaning assigned to it in section 12 .