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WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1987

MR CHAMBERS SAID CLAUSE 2(B) DELETED THE EXISTING DEFINITION OF "MENTALLY DISORDERED PERSONS" AND REPLACED IT WITH A DEFINITI OF "MENTAL DISORDER" WHICH INCLUDED 'PSYCHOPATHIC DISORDER'.

THE BILL ALSO MADE IT CLEAR THAT NO PERSON MIGHT BE DEALT UNDER THE ORDINANCE AS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISORDER ONLY BY REASON OF

OTHER PROMISCUITY OR

IMMORAL CONDUCT, SEXUAL DEVIANCY, DEPENDENCE ON ALCOHOL OR DRUGS, MR CHAMBERS SAID.

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TO ENSURE THE PROPER DIAGNOSIS OF PATIENTS' MENTAL CONDITIONS, CLAUSE 2(C) STIPULATED THAT OF THE TWO MEDICAL OPINIONS REQUIRED SUPPORT AN APPLICATION FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE INITIAL OBSERVATION PERIOD OF 7 DAYS, FOR COMPULSORY DETENTION IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL BEYOND THAT PERIOD OR PLACING A MENTALLY DISORDERED PERSON UNDER GUARDIANSHIP, ONE MUST BE GIVEN BY A DOCTOR WHO HAD HAD S. AL EXPERIENCE IN THE DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT OF MENTAL DISORDER.

CLAUSE 4 OF THE BILL PROPOSED THAT ORDERS FOR THE ADMISSION OF PATIENTS INTO MENTAL HOSPITALS FOR OBSERVATION FOR A FERIOD NOT EXCEEDING SEVEN DAYS, SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE MADE BY A DISTRICT JUDGE, A MAGISTRATE OR A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AS AT PRESENT.

BUT THAT SUCH APPLICATIONS IN FUTURE WOULD HAVE TO BE FOUNDED ON THE WRITTEN OPINION OF A REGISTERED MEDICAL PRACTITIONER WHO MUST BE SATISFIED THAT THE ADMISSION WAS JUSTIFIED BY THE NATURE AND DEGREE OF THE MENTAL DISORDER AND WAS NECESSARY IN THE INTERESTS OF THE PATIENT'S HEALTH OR SAFETY OR FOR THE PROTECTION OF OTHER PERSONS.

THE BILL ALSO PROVIDED THAT WHERE AN APPLICATION FOR A DETENTION ORDER WAS MADE BY A DOCTOR OR SOCIAL WORKER, THE APPLICANT SHOULD TAKE ALL PRACTICAL STEPS TO INFORM A RELATIVE OF THE PERSON BE DETAINED, MR CHAMBERS SAID.

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INTRODUCED A NEW PROVISION ΤΟ ENABLE A BE MENTALLY-HANDICAPPED OR MENTALLY-ILL PERSON ABOVE THE AGE OF 18 TO PLACED UNDER THE GUARDIANSHIP EITHER OF THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE OR OF ANOTHER PERSON ACCEPTABLE TO THE DIRECTOR.

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AN APPLICATION FOR GUARDIANSHIP MIGHT BE MADE TO THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE BY A RELATIVE, A DOCTOR, OR A PUBLIC OFFICER IN SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, HE ADDED.

ALSO, IT MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A STATEMENT FROM TWO DOCTORS THAT THAT THE PERSON CONCERNED WAS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISORDER AND IT WAS NECESSARY IN THE INTERESTS OF HIS WELFARE OR FOR THE PROTECTION OF OTHERS THAT A GUARDIAN SHOULD BE APPOINTED.

POWER MR CHAMBERS SAID THE GUARDIAN WOULD HAVE

то APPOINT A PLACE OF RESIDENCE FOR THE PERSON UNDER GUARDIANSHIP, AND ΤΟ REQUIRE ACCESS TO IT ΤΟ BE GIVEN TO DOCTORS, SOCIAL WORKERS AND OTHER SPECIFIED PERSONS, AND TO REQUIRE THE PERSON UNDER GUARDIANSHIP TO ATTEND AT SPECIFIED PLACES FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT, TRAINING, EDUCATION OR OCCUPATION.

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