MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1992

Question 1

What is the definition of MENTAL DISORDER

MH ACT 1992

Answer 1

Poses a serious danger to the health or safety to that person or others

Diminished capacity of that person to take care of him/herself

Question 2

WHAT IS SECTION 109

MH ACT 1992

Answer 2

powers in relation to mentally disordered people in public places.

Members of police may apprehend

Any person in a public place

Behaving in a manner that gives a reasonable belief that they may be mentally disordered

Question 3

Section110

MH ACT

Answer 3

Powers to assist a medical practitioner
You MAY:
- Enter a premises
- Detain
- take the person to another place chosen by practitioner, for the purpose of a medical assessment 

Detain at location until assessment has been complete.

Question 4

section 41

MH ACT

Answer 4

your role in assisting a DAO

You MAY:

• Enter the premises (can be by force)
• detain
• Take the person to another place chosen by DAO (transport)

For no longer than 6 hours

Question 5

SECTION 122B

MH ACT 1992

Answer 5

The power to use force under section

• 41
• 110
• 109

Question 6

WHAT IS A RESTRICTED PATIENT

Answer 6

They are
a risk to the public
Or they are court ordered

Question 7

WHAT IS A SPECIAL PATIENT.

Answer 7

Criminally insane
Unfit to plea
Detained by way of court order
People in remand for a report

Question 8

WHAT IS A COMPULSORY TREATMENT PATIENT

Answer 8

A patient that is AWOL or fails to comply with an order maybe apprehended and returned to hospital within 3 months of going missing

If they are gone for over 3 months, a new application for assessment must be done.