Independent admission and treatment

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Statutory text

(1) Any person, who has the capacity to make mental healthcare and treatment decisions, may be admitted to a mental health establishment as an independent patient for treatment of mental illness in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
(2) Every person admitted as an independent patient shall be entitled to give informed consent for all aspects of mental healthcare and treatment.
(3) The medical officer in charge shall ensure that the person admitted as an independent patient continues to have the capacity to make mental healthcare and treatment decisions.
(4) If the medical officer in charge determines that the independent patient has lost the capacity to make mental healthcare and treatment decisions, then such person shall be treated in accordance with the provisions of this Act as applicable to a person with mental illness who does not have the capacity to make mental healthcare and treatment decisions.

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