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Section 85 - Mental Healthcare Act, 2017
CHAPTER XII
ADMISSION, TREATMENT AND DISCHARGE
85. Admission of person with mental illness as independent patient in mental health establishment.-
(1) For the purposes of this Act, "independent patient or an independent admission" refers to the admission of person with mental illness, to a mental health establishment, who has the capacity to make mental healthcare and treatment decisions or requires minimal support in making decisions.
(2) All admissions in the mental health establishment shall, as far as possible, be independent
admissions except when such conditions exist as make supported admission unavoidable.
Related Sections
- Section 112: Power of Central Government to supersede Central Authority
- Section 64: Annual report of State Authority
- Section 30: Creating awareness about mental health and illness and reducing stigma associated with mental illness
- Section 110: Power to call for information
- Section 50: Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of State Authority
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- Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024
- Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2017
- International Financial Services Centres Authority Act, 2019
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