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Approved Medical Practitioners - Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act, 2003 Training Manual

Published: 6 June 2005
Topic: Health and social care
ISBN: 0755944852

Training material for Approved Medical Practitioners

Section 11. Appendix 1 - Notifying and informing the Mental Welfare Commission - timelines for responsible medical officers

Some of the finalised forms may automatically lead to nofication, and the details are not yet determined. The MWC is based at K floor, Argyll House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh EH3 9SH, telephone: 0131 222 6111, but will move to Falkirk in March 2006.

In this table, inform means 'telephone or write', whereas notify means 'in writing'.

Section	Type	Within/When	How
48(2)	Grant extension To STDC	24 hours	Inform
49(4)	Revoke STDC or extension	7 days	Notify
54(3)	Revoke suspension of STDC	ASAP	Inform
74(1)	Revoke interim CTO	ASAP	Inform
82(1)	Revoke CTO	7 days	Notify
87(2)	Extension of CTO	ASAP	Inform
91	Extension and variation of CTO	ASAP	Inform
94/91	Variation of CTO	ASAP	Inform
97/91	Recorded matter not met (copy to Tribunal)	ASAP	Notify
127	Suspension of CTO or interim CTO detention	14 days	Notify
128	Suspension of other (community) CTO measures	14 days	Notify
129	Revoke Section 127 or 128	14 days	Notify
144	Revoke CO	7 days	Notify
153	Extend CO	ASAP	Inform
157	Extend/vary CO (copy to Tribunal)	ASAP	Inform
160/157	Vary CO	ASAP	Inform
177/116	Detention on community CO	7 days	Notify
177/116	Revoke detention under community CO	7 days	Notify
179/127/128	Suspension of detention or other measure of CO	14 days	Notify
224	Suspension of more than 28 days for CO, TO, restriction, hospital direction	14 days	Notify
225	Revoke Section 224 suspension	14 days	Notify
243	Urgent medical treatment	7 days	Notify
248	Report on NMD or ECT	After treatment	Notify
310	Absconding	To be decided	Notify

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