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Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017

Assessment and treatment of persons suffering from severe substance addiction - Procedure

73: Service where application made by, or on behalf of, patient

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"What happens when you or someone else applies for help with your addiction treatment"

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When you make an application under section 34(1), you must do a few things as soon as possible. You must give the application to the responsible clinician and the district inspector. You must also take reasonable steps to give the application to every other person who is allowed to appear and be heard on the application. If you are the patient making the application, or if you ask them to, the Area Director will do these things instead of you. The Area Director will give the application to the right people if you are the patient or if you ask them to take care of it.

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Part 2Assessment and treatment of persons suffering from severe substance addiction
Procedure

73Service where application made by, or on behalf of, patient

  1. A person who makes an application under section 34(1) must, as soon as practicable,—

  2. serve the application on the responsible clinician and the district inspector; and
    1. take reasonable steps to provide the application to every other person entitled to appear and be heard on the application.

      1. The Area Director must do the things required by subsection (1) instead of the applicant if—

      2. the application is made by a patient; or
        1. the applicant so requests.