Legislation

Section 64F – Child community patients lacking competence

Introduction

This section identifies when a person is authorised to give medical treatment to a child community patient who lacks the competence to consent. It imposes similar conditions to those imposed in respect of adult community patients by section 64D. The difference is that this section does not refer to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 because […]

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