Queensland Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 208

208 Chief psychiatrist may revoke treatment authority

(1) This section applies if the chief psychiatrist considers—

(a) the treatment criteria no longer apply to the patient; or

(b) there is a less restrictive way for the patient to receive treatment and care for the patient’s mental illness.

(2) The chief psychiatrist may revoke the patient’s treatment authority.

(3) The chief psychiatrist must give written notice of the revocation to the administrator of the patient’s treating health service as soon as practicable after the revocation.

(4) An authorised doctor must tell the patient of the revocation as soon as practicable after the revocation.

(5) The administrator of the patient’s treating health service must give written notice of the revocation to the tribunal within 7 days after the revocation.