Mental Health (Compulsory Assessmenr and Treatment) Act 1992

Section 8A

Application for assessment

States the grounds on which the applicant believes the person to be experiencing a mental disorder

Section 8B

Certificate to accompany application for assessment

A mental health practitioner is asked, by an applicant, to review the person and agree they are experiencing the MHA criteria and need to be under the MHA

Section 9

Assessment examination to be arranged and conducted

The duly authorised officer must make the necessary arrangements for the proposed patient to immediately undergo an assessment examination. They inform the patient of this review and gives the person their rights with a whānau member or IP present

Section 10

Certificate of preliminary assessment

The Mental Health Practitioner must state the proposed patient is not mentally disorder or there are reasonable grounds for believing that the proposed patient is mentally disordered and they be required to undergo further assessment and treatment

Section 11

Further assessment and treatment for 5 days

5 days of further assessment

Section 12

Certificate of further assessment

The responsible clinician decides if the patient is not mentally disordered, if there remain reasonable grounds for believing that the patient is mentally disordered and that it is desirable that the patient be required to undergo further assessment and treatment

Section 13

Further assessment and treatment for 14 days

Further assessment for 14 days

Section 14

Certificate of final assessment

Following assessment, the responsible clinician will decide if the patient is fit to be released from compulsory status; or that in his or her opinion the patient is not fit to be released from compulsory status

Section 16

Review of patients condition by Judge

Discuss with the patient the patient’s situation, the proposed course of assessment and treatment, and the patients views on these matters. The Judge shall consult with the responsible clinician, and with at least one other health professional involved in the case. If the Judge is satisfied that the patient is fit to be released from compulsory status, the Judge shall order that the patient be released from that status forthwith

Section 29