- Y Diweddaraf sydd Ar Gael (Diwygiedig)
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(1)For the purpose of advising as to the exercise by the nearest relative of a patient who is liable to be detained or subject to guardianship under this Part of this Act of any power to order his discharge, any registered medical practitioner authorised by or on behalf of the nearest relative of the patient may, at any reasonable time, visit the patient and examine him in private.
(2)Any registered medical practitioner authorised for the purposes of subsection (1) above to visit and examine a patient may require the production of and inspect any records relating to the detention or treatment of the patient in any hospital [F1or to any after-care services provided for the patient under section 117 below.].
(3)Where application is made by the Secretary of State or a [F2Health Authority, Special Health Authority or National Health Service trust] to exercise, in respect of a patient liable to be detained in a mental nursing home, any power to make an order for his discharge, the following persons, that is to say—
(a)any registered medical practitioner authorised by the Secretary of State or, as the case may be, that [F2Health Authority, Special Health Authority or National Health Service trust]; and
(b)any other person (whether a registered medical practitioner or not) authorised under [F3Part II of the Registered Homes Act 1984] to inspect the home,
may at any reasonable time visit the patient and interview him in private.
(4)Any person authorised for the purposes of subsection (3) above to visit a patient may require the production of and inspect any documents constituting or alleged to constitute the authority for the detention of the patient under this Part of this Act; and any person so authorised, who is a registered medical practitioner, may examine the patient in private, and may require the production of and inspect any other records relating to the treatment of the patient in the home [F1or to any after-care services provided for the patient under section 117 below.].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 24(2)(4) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c .52, ss. 1(2), 7(2), Sch. 1, para. 1
F2Words in s. 24(3) substituted (28.6.1995 for certain purposes, otherwise 1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, s. 2(1), Sch. 1, Pt. III, para. 107(3) (with ss. 2(3), 8)
F3Words substituted by Registered Homes Act 1984 (c. 23, SIF 113:3), s. 57, Sch. 1 para. 9
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