LawgistThe Mental Healthcare Act
91Leave of absence
The medical officer or mental health professional in charge of the mental health establishment may grant leave to any person with mental illness admitted under section 87 or section 89 or section 90, to be absent from the establishment subject to such conditions, if any, and for such duration as such medical officer or psychiatrist may consider necessary.
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ADMISSION, TREATMENT AND DISCHARGE
- 85 Admission of person with mental illness as independent patient in mental health establishment
- 86 Independent admission and treatment
- 87 Admission of minor
- 88 Discharge of independent patients
- 89 Admission and treatment of persons with mental illness, with high support needs, in mental health establishment, up to thirty days (supported admission)
- 90 Admission and treatment of persons with mental illness, with high support needs, in mental health establishment, beyond thirty days (supported admission beyond thirty days)
- 91 Leave of absence
- 92 Absence without leave or discharge
- 93 Transfer of persons with mental illness from one mental health establishment to another mental health establishment
- 94 Emergency treatment
- 95 Prohibited procedures
- 96 Restriction on psychosurgery for persons with mental illness
- 97 Restraints and seclusion
- 98 Discharge planning
- 99 Research
