Health (Mental Services) Act, 1981
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Psychiatric review boards. |
37.—(1) There shall be a psychiatric review board or boards for each health board area. | |
(2) A review board shall consist of three persons to be appointed by the Minister one of whom shall be a person who is or has been a barrister or solicitor who has practised his profession for at least 7 years, one an authorised medical practitioner and one a person who is not a member of the legal or medical profession. | ||
(3) The Minister shall nominate a member of a review board to be the chairman of the board. | ||
(4) In the event of any member of the review board being unable to act or being debarred under subsection (7) from acting for a particular sitting the chairman shall replace him by an appropriate person from a panel of persons to be appointed by the Minister. | ||
(5) The chairman of a review board shall nominate another member of the board to be chairman for a particular sitting of the board in the event of the former being unable to act. | ||
(6) The duration of membership of a review board or of a review board panel shall be 3 years unless the member dies, resigns or is removed by the Minister but a member may be reappointed to a board or to a panel. | ||
(7) In relation to the review of any particular case a member of a review board shall not be a relative of the patient, within a category described in section 14 (a), have a professional relationship with him or be a member of the staff of the centre in which the patient is detained. | ||
(8) The Minister may pay to members of a review board such remuneration and expenses as he may determine after consultation with the Minister for the Public Service. | ||
(9) A health board shall make available to a review board the necessary staff, accommodation and other facilities to enable the review board to perform its functions under this Act. |