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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 272

Offence

272 Offence

(1) A person must not administer medication to a patient unless the medication is clinically necessary for the patient’s treatment and care for a medical condition.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not limit section 374 .
(3) To remove any doubt, it is declared that, for subsection (1) , a patient’s treatment and care for a medical condition includes preventing imminent serious harm to the patient or others.



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