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MENTAL HEALTH ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1961 - SECT 18

Examination of patients on admission.

18.(1) A patient admitted to hospital pursuant to an application for admission
(other than an emergency application) made in accordance with the provisions
of this Part shall, unless he has been examined by a medical practitioner
appointed for the purposes of section nineteen before he was so admitted, be
examined by a medical practitioner on the staff of that hospital immediately
after he is admitted thereto.

(2) A medical practitioner examining a patient as required by sub-section (1)
shall report in writing in the prescribed form to the [Health and Social
Services Board] stating the results of his examination.


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