PART IXMISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT F4, THE REGIONAL AGENCY AND HSC TRUSTS

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Code of Practice111

1

The Department shall prepare, and from time to time revise, a code of practice—

a

for the guidance of medical practitioners, F1F5... authorised F2HSC trusts , staff of hospitals and approved social workers in relation to the admission of patients to hospitals and the reception of patients into guardianship under this Order; and

b

for the guidance of medical practitioners and members of other professions in relation to the medical treatment of patients suffering from mental disorder.

2

The code shall, in particular, specify forms of medical treatment in addition to any specified by regulations made for the purposes of Article 63 which in the opinion of the Department give rise to special concern and which should accordingly not be given by a medical practitioner unless the patient has consented to the treatment (or to a plan of treatment including that treatment) and a certificate as to the matters mentioned in paragraphs (2)(a) and (b) of that Article has been given by another medical practitioner, being a practitioner appointed for the purposes of this Article by F3RQIA ; and paragraph (4) of that Article shall apply to a medical practitioner appointed for the purposes of this Article as it applies to a medical practitioner appointed for the purposes of Part IV.

3

Before preparing the code or making any alteration in it the Department shall consult F3RQIA and such other bodies as appear to it to be concerned.

4

The Department shall lay copies of the code and of any alteration in the code before the Assembly; and if within the statutory period the Assembly passes a resolution requiring the code or any alteration in it to be withdrawn the Department shall withdraw the code or alteration and, where it withdraws the code, shall prepare a code in substitution for the one which is withdrawn.

5

The Department shall publish the code as for the time being in force.