Mental Health Act 2001
Electro-convulsive therapy.
59.—(1) A programme of electro-convulsive therapy shall not be administered to a patient unless either—
(a) the patient gives his or her consent in writing to the administration of the programme of therapy, or
(b) where the patient is unable F50[…] to give such consent—
(i) the programme of therapy is approved (in a form specified by the Commission) by the consultant psychiatrist responsible for the care and treatment of the patient, and
(ii) the programme of therapy is also authorised (in a form specified by the Commission) by another consultant psychiatrist following referral of the matter to him or her by the first-mentioned psychiatrist.
(2) The Commission shall make rules providing for the use of electro-convulsive therapy and a programme of electro-convulsive therapy shall not be administered to a patient except in accordance with such rules.
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Amendments:
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Deleted (15.02.2016) by Mental Health (Amendment) Act 2015 (58/2015), s. 2, S.I. No. 68 of 2016.