Legislation

Section 133 – Duty of managers of hospitals to inform nearest relatives of discharge

Introduction

Subsection (1) requires the managers of a patient’s hospital, or registered establishment, to take such steps as are practicable to inform a patient’s nearest relative that the patient is to be discharged. This includes a patient who is to be discharged under section 17A, as a result of the making of a community treatment order […]

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