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'''Reclassification of patient subject to after-care under supervision'''
'''Reclassification of patient subject to after-care under supervision'''


25F.<ref>[[Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995]]</ref>—(1) If it appears to the community responsible medical officer that a patient subject to after-care under supervision is suffering from a form of mental disorder other than the form or forms specified in the supervision application made in respect of the patient, he may furnish a report to that effect to the [Primary Care Trust or]<ref>[[NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002]]</ref> Health Authority which have the duty under section 117 below to provide after-care services for the patient.
25F.— [...]<ref name="MHA">Repealed by [[Mental Health Act 2007]] s36, s55 & sch 11; [[Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 6 and After-care under Supervision: Savings, Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008]] wef 3/11/08</ref>
 
(2) Where a report is so furnished the supervision application shall have effect as if that other form of mental disorder were specified in it.
 
(3) Unless no-one other than the community responsible medical officer is professionally concerned with the patient's medical treatment, he shall consult one or more persons who are so concerned before furnishing a report under subsection (1) above.
 
(4) Where a report is furnished under subsection (1) above in respect of a patient, the responsible after-care bodies shall—
 
:(a) inform the patient both orally and in writing; and
 
:(b) unless the patient otherwise requests, take such steps as are practicable to inform in writing the person (if any) appearing to be the nearest relative of the patient,
 
that the report has been furnished.
 
'''Amendments'''
 
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[[References to Health Authorities Order 2007]] para 13(6):
 
In section 25F (reclassification of patient subject to after-care under supervision), in subsection (1) for “Health Authority” there is substituted  "Local Health Board".
 
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[...]<ref name="MHA">[[Mental Health Act 2007]]</ref>


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Revision as of 23:24, 20 October 2008

Reclassification of patient subject to after-care under supervision

25F.— [...][1]

Amendments

  1. ↑ Repealed by Mental Health Act 2007 s36, s55 & sch 11; Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 6 and After-care under Supervision: Savings, Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008 wef 3/11/08
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