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Date:

15 November 2006

Category:

Module 7: Transfer, Leave & Discharge and Miscellenous

Question:

Re: Section 69 Register for Seclusion. Part 19 Does the Consultant Psychiatrist need to examine the patient before completing the form.

Answer:

Please refer to Rules Governing the use of Seclusion and Mechanical means of Bodily Restraint.

Section 2.7 the authorisation to seclude must only be made following an examination of the patient concerned by the registered medical practitioner, where such an examination is practicable. A record of the examination must be entered in the patients file.

See 2.8 for an emergency situation.