Mental Health Act 20266
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Bringing and bringing back of persons to registered acute mental health centre by a service provider | ||
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19. (1) The registered proprietor of a registered acute mental health centre may enter into an arrangement with a person (in this Part and Part 4 referred to as a “service provider”) for the purposes of arranging for members of the staff of that service provider to provide services relating to any or all of the following matters, namely: | ||
(a) the bringing of persons, other than children, to the registered acute mental health centre pursuant to section 18 or 20 ; | ||
(b) the bringing of children to the registered acute mental health centre pursuant to sections 74 or 78 ; | ||
(c) the bringing back of persons, other than children, to the registered acute mental health centre pursuant to section 20 or 39 ; | ||
(d) the bringing back of children to the registered acute mental health centre pursuant to section 83 . | ||
(2) Where an arrangement referred to in subsection (1) has been entered into— | ||
(a) the clinical director of the registered acute mental health centre concerned may authorise such and so many members of the staff of that service provider to provide the services the subject of that arrangement, and | ||
(b) any such authorisation shall be in writing and shall be valid for a period not exceeding 12 months as is specified in the authorisation. | ||
(3) The Commission shall prepare and issue a code of practice for the purpose of requirements for the bringing and bringing back of persons to registered acute mental health centres under this section, sections 18 , 20 , 39 , 74 , 78 and 83 . |