LawgistThe Mental Healthcare Act
92Absence without leave or discharge
If any person to whom section 103 applies absents himself without leave or without discharge from the mental health establishment, he shall be taken into protection by any Police Officer at the request of the medical officer or mental health professional incharge of the mental health establishment and shall be sent back to the mental health establishment immediately.
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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
