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Procedure for and record of hospital admissions

4.—(1) For the purposes ofadmission to hospital under Part II ofthe Act—

(a) any application for admission for assessment under section 2 shall be in the form set out—

(i) where made by the nearest relative, in Form 1,

(ii) where made by an approved social worker, in Form 2;

(b) any medical recommendation for the purposes of section 2 shall be in the form set out—

(i) in the case ofjoint recommendations, in Form 3,

(ii) in any other case, in Form 4;

(c) any emergency application under section 4 shall be in the form set out—

(i) where made by the nearest relative, in Form 5,

(ii) where made by an approved social worker, in Form 6;

(d) any medical recommendation for the purposes of section 4 shall be the form set out in Form 7;

(e) any application for admission for treatment under section 3 shall be in the form set out—

(i) where made by the nearest relative, in Form 8,

(ii) where made by an approved social worker, in Form 9;

(f) any medical recommendation for the purposes of section 3 shall be in the form set out—

(i) in the case of joint recommendations, in Form 10,

(ii) in any other case, in Form 11;

(g) any report made under subsection (2) ofsection 5 (detention of patient already in hospital for 72 hours) by the registered medical practitioner in charge of the treatment of the patient shall be in the form set out in Form 12;

(h) any record made under subsection (4) of section 5 (power to detain an in-patient for a maximum of 6 hours) by a nurse of the class for the time being prescribed for the purposes of that subsection shall be in the form set out in Form 13.

(2) For the purposes of section 15 (rectification of applications and recommendations), the managers of the hospital to which a patient has been admitted in pursuance of an application for assessment or for treatment may authorise in writing an officer or class of officers on their behalf—

(a) to consent under subsection (1) of that section to the amendment of the application or any medical recommendation given for the purposes of the application;

(b) to consider the sufficiency of a medical recommendation and, if the recommendation is considered insufficient, to give written notice as required by subsection (2) of that section,

and the managers of a mental nursing home, if two or more in number, may authorise one of their number to exercise the functions mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b).

(3) Where a patient has been admitted to a hospital pursuant to an application under section 2, 3 or 4, or detained pursuant to a report under section 5(2), a record of admission shall be made by the managers of that hospital in the form set out in Form 14 and shall be attached to the application or, as the case may be, report.

(4) A record of the receipt of any recommendation for the purposes of section 4, and any joint recommendation or, as the case may be, the second medical recommendation shall be made by the managers of the hospital to which the patient is to be admitted in the form set out in Form 15 and shall be attached to the recommendation.

(5) The time at which a patient ceased to be detained under subsection (4) of section 5 or the arrival, if earlier, of the registered medical practitioner having power to furnish a report under subsection (2) of section 5 shall be recorded either by the nurse who made the record required by the said subsection (4) or by another nurse of the class prescribed under that subsection, and authorised by the managers in that behalf, in the form set out in Form 16.

Amendments

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