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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2013 - SECT 182

Review of involuntary admission to SMHU

The following provisions govern the review of the admission (or any extension of the admission) of an involuntary patient to an SMHU:
(a) the Tribunal must review the admission (or extension) within 7 days after being notified of the admission (or extension);
(b) the Tribunal may review the admission (or extension) at any other time –
(i) on its own motion; or
(ii) on the application of any person with the necessary standing;
(c) on review, the Tribunal may –
(i) affirm the admission (or extension); or
(ii) affirm the admission (or extension) but direct that it be shortened; or
(iii) direct that the patient be transferred to an approved hospital or, if the Tribunal considers that the patient is well enough to be released directly into the community, another place.



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