Introductory Text
1.Citation, commencement and interpretation
2.Specified Medical Treatments
3.Treatments requiring application to the court
4.Treatments requiring a certificate from a practitioner appointed by the Mental Welfare Commission
5.Treatment in emergencies
6.Young persons
7.Certificates by medical practitioners
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SCHEDULE 1
MEDICAL TREATMENTS SPECIFIED FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 48(2) OF THE ACT
PART 1 TREATMENTS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE COURT OF SESSION
1.Neurosurgery for mental disorder.
2.Sterilisation where there is no serious malfunction or disease of...
3.Surgical implantation of hormones for the purpose of reducing sex...
PART 2 TREATMENTS APPROVED BY A PRACTITIONER APPOINTED BY MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION
1.Drug treatment for the purpose of reducing sex drive, other...
2.Electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) for mental disorder.
3.Abortion.
4.Any medical treatment which is considered likely by the medical...
SCHEDULE 2
CERTIFICATE OF MEDICAL PRACTITIONER APPOINTED BY MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION
Explanatory Note
