The Mental Healthcare Act

Admission of person with mental illness as independent patient in mental health establishment

Independent admission and treatment

Admission of minor

Discharge of independent patients

Admission and treatment of persons with mental illness, with high support needs, in mental  health establishment, up to thirty days (supported admission)

Admission and treatment of persons with mental illness, with high support needs, in mental  health establishment, beyond thirty days (supported admission beyond thirty days)

Leave of absence

Absence without leave or discharge

Transfer of persons with mental illness from one mental health establishment to another mental  health establishment

Emergency treatment

Prohibited procedures

Restriction on psychosurgery for persons with mental illness

Restraints and seclusion

Discharge planning

Research


ADMISSION, TREATMENT AND DISCHARGE


(1) Notwithstanding anything
contained in this Act, psychosurgery shall not be performed as a treatment for mental illness unless--

(a) the informed consent of the person on whom the surgery is being performed; and

(b) approval from the concerned Board to perform the surgery,
has been obtained.

(2) The Central Authority may make regulations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this
section.

LAWGIST

# 96 Restriction on psychosurgery for persons with mental illness