SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 9Mental health: Scotland
PART 2Modifications of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003
4Short-term detention certificates
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An approved medical practitioner may grant a short-term detention certificate in respect of a patient under section 44(1) without consulting a mental health officer if the practitioner considers that compliance with the requirement under that section to consult a mental health officer (and for the mental health officer to consent to the granting of the certificate) is impractical or would involve undesirable delay.
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Despite section 44(1)(b), an approved medical practitioner may grant one further short-term detention certificate (the “second certificate”) in respect of the patient under section 44(1).
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The second certificate may be granted before or on the expiry of the first certificate.
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If the second certificate is granted before the expiry of the first certificate, the first certificate expires on the granting of the second certificate.
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If the approved medical practitioner grants a second certificate, the practitioner must record the reasons why it has been impracticable to apply instead for a compulsory treatment order.