C3C5PART IICOMPULSORY ADMISSION TO HOSPITAL AND GUARDIANSHIP
Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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Pt. II expiry of earlier affecting provision 2020 c. 7, Sch. 10 paras. 3-13 (25.3.2022) by Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), s. 89 (with s. 90)
Admission to hospital for assessment
C5General provisions as to medical recommendationC1C26
The medical recommendation required for the purposes of an application for assessment shall be in the prescribed form and shall satisfy the following requirements, namely—
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b
the recommendation shall, if practicable, be given by the patient's medical practitioner or by a medical practitioner who has previous acquaintance with the patient;
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the recommendation shall not, except in a case of urgent necessity, be given by a medical practitioner on the staff of the hospital to which admission is sought;
d
the recommendation shall not be given by any of the persons described in Schedule 1.
Pt. 2 modified (temp.) (2.4.2020) by Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), s. 87(2), Sch. 10 para. 3(2)(a) (with ss. 88-90, Sch. 10 para. 2); S.R. 2020/58, art. 2(c)