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16(1)In this Code “mental health treatment requirement”, in relation to a relevant order, means a requirement that the offender must submit, during a particular period or particular periods, to mental health treatment, which may be—
(a)in-patient treatment,
(b)institution-based out-patient treatment, or
(c)practitioner-based treatment.
(2)For this purpose—
“mental health treatment”, in relation to an offender, means treatment which is—
by or under the direction of a registered medical practitioner or registered psychologist, and
with a view to improvement of the offender’s mental condition;
“in-patient treatment” means treatment as a resident patient in—
a care home,
an independent hospital, or
a hospital within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1983,
but not in hospital premises where high security psychiatric services are provided;
“institution-based out-patient treatment” means treatment as a non-resident patient at a particular institution or place;
“practitioner-based treatment” means treatment by or under the direction of a particular registered medical practitioner or registered psychologist (or both).
(3)A relevant order which imposes a mental health treatment requirement must specify—
(a)the period or periods during which the offender is required to submit to mental health treatment, and
(b)for each of those periods—
(i)if the mental health treatment is to be in-patient treatment, the care home or hospital at which it is to be provided;
(ii)if it is to be institution-based out-patient treatment, the institution or place at which it is to be provided;
(iii)if it is to be practitioner-based treatment, the registered medical practitioner or registered psychologist (or both) by whom or under whose direction it is to be provided;
but may not otherwise specify the nature of the treatment.
(4)Different treatment may be specified for different periods.
(5)In this paragraph—
“care home” means—
a care home in England within the meaning of the Care Standards Act 2000;
a place in Wales at which a care home service within the meaning of Part 1 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 2) is provided;
“high security psychiatric services” has the same meaning as in the Mental Health Act 1983;
“independent hospital”—
in relation to England, means a hospital as defined by section 275 of the National Health Service Act 2006 that is not a health service hospital as defined by that section;
in relation to Wales, has the same meaning as in the Care Standards Act 2000;
“registered psychologist” means a person registered in the part of the register maintained under the Health Professions Order 2001 (S.I. 2002/254) which relates to practitioner psychologists.
(6)While an offender is under treatment which is in-patient treatment in pursuance of a mental health treatment requirement of a relevant order, the responsible officer is to carry out the supervision of the offender only to the extent necessary for the purpose of revocation or amendment of the order.
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