Mental Health Act Section 2

O renewal certificate means a certificate issued pursuant to section 8.

Mental health act section 2. Up to 28 days under section 2 of the mental health act up to 6 months under section 3 of the mental health act with further renewals during these periods assessments will be regularly carried out by the doctor in charge of your care to determine whether it s safe for you to be discharged and what further treatment is required if any. Section 2 1 health practitioner. It provides for someone to be detained in hospital under a legal framework for an assessment and treatment of their mental disorder.

Ask the hospital mangers to discharge you apply to a tribunal to appeal your section get free representation from a mental health solicitor at a tribunal and. You can get help from an imha if you are under sections 2 or 3 of the mental health act. Imhas help you to tell staff about your concerns and find out what your rights are.

Replaced on 1 october 2002 by section 58 1 of the health and disability services safety act 2001 2001 no 93. The term mental health disorder is used to describe people who have. Section 2 of the mental health act allows compulsory admission for assessment or for assessment followed by medical treatment for a duration of up to 28 days.

If you are under section 2 3 or 37 you can. The mental health act is a law that tells people with a mental health disorder what their rights are and how they can be treated. They can also help you to understand your treatment.

Section 2 chapter m 13 mental health act 6 health profession or of a category within a health profession designated by the regulations for the purposes of all or part of this act. The team of professionals would be an approved mental health professional known as an amhp and two doctor s one who is section 12 approved and one who is a registered practitioner usually a doctor who knows you such as your gp. Mental health act 1983 section 2 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 29 september 2020.

There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. P review panel means a review panel established pursuant to section 34. Section 2 is part of the civil sections under the mental health act.