Proceeding contribution from Earl Howe (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 6 March 2007. It occurred during Debate on bill on Mental Health Bill [HL].
Mental Health Bill [HL]
moved Amendment No. 4: 4: Clause 26 , page 22, line 43, at end insert— ““(4A) If the responsible clinician is not a medical practitioner he shall arrange for the patient to be examined by— (a) the registered medical practitioner who has been professionally concerned with the medical treatment of the patient; or (b) if no such practitioner is available, a registered medical practitioner who is an approved clinician; and the medical practitioner shall, if he believes the conditions are met, make the written recommendation in the prescribed form including a statement that in the opinion of the practitioner the conditions set out in section 3(2) above are complied with.”” On Question, amendment agreed to. Clause 52 [Commencement]:
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- 2006-07
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- Codes of practice Compulsorily detained psychiatric patients Discrimination Ethnic groups Medical examinations Mental illness Medical treatments Patients' rights Minority groups Psychiatric patients Mental health services Mental health Psychiatric hospitals Scotland
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- Mental Health Act 1983
- Mental Health Bill (HL) 2006-07
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