Visiting and examination of patients
76.—(1) For the purpose of advising whether an application to a Mental Health Review Tribunal should be made by or in respect of a patient who is liable to be detained or subject to guardianship [...][1] under Part II of this Act [or a community patient,][1] or of furnishing information as to the condition of a patient for the purposes of such an application, any registered medical practitioner [or approved clinician][1] authorised by or on behalf of the patient or other person who is entitled to make or has made the application—
- (a) may at any reasonable time visit the patient and examine him in private, and
- (b) may require the production of and inspect any records relating to the detention or treatment of the patient in any hospital [or to any after-care services provided for the patient under section 117 below].[1]
(2) Section 32 above shall apply for the purposes of this section as it applies for the purposes of Part II of this Act.
Amendments
Transfers from Scotland: See the Mental Health (Patients in the Community) (Transfers from Scotland) Regulations 1996.