Section 9
Mentally disordered person may be referred to psychiatric institution
of Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act 2008
ActIn forceProvision 9 of 33
Section 9
Where a medical practitioner has under his or her care a person believed to be mentally disordered or to require psychiatric treatment, the medical practitioner may send the person to a designated medical practitioner at a psychiatric institution for treatment and that designated medical practitioner may thereafter act in accordance with section 10.