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Mental Health Care Act, 2002 (Act No. 17 of 2002)

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General Regulations

Chapter 4 : Transfer and Discharge

25. Transfer of State patient from detention centre to designated health establishment and between designated health establishments

[Regulation 25 heading substituted by Notice No. R. 874, GG 38182, dated 6 November 2014]

 

(1) The head of the national department of health must immediately after receipt of an order referred to in section 42(1) of the Act make arrangements in terms of section 42(3) of the Act in the form of Form MHCA 23 of the annexure for the transfer of the State patient concerned from the detention centre to the health establishment designated in terms of section 41 of the Act.

[Regulation 25(1) substituted by Notice No. R. 874, GG 38182, dated 6 November 2014]

 

(2) Despite the determination by the head of the national department in terms of section 42(3) as to which health establishment the State patient concerned must be transferred to from the detention centre, a head of the relevant provincial department may thereafter in terms of section 43(1) of the Act make arrangements in the form of Form MHCA 24 of the Annexure for the transfer of such State patient to another health establishment designated in terms of section 41.

[Regulation 25(2) substituted by Notice No. R. 874, GG 38182, dated 6 November 2014]