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Licensed psychiatric hospital or licensed psychiatric nursing home

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Psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home

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Cost of maintenance

Cost of maintenance, in relation to a mentally ill person admitted in a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home, shall mean the cost of such items as the State Government may, by

'inspection officer' means a person authorised by the State Government or by the licensing authority to inspect any psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home. [Mental Health Act, 1987 (14 of 1987), s. 2(c)]

Medical officer in charge

Medical officer in charge, in relation to any psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home, means the medical officer who, for the time being, is in charge of

Mentally ill prisoner

Mentally ill prisoner, means a mentally ill person for whose detention in, or removal to, a psychiatric hospital, psychiatric nursing home, jail or other place of safe custody, an order referred to in s. 27

Reception order

under the provisions of this Act for the admission and detention of a mentally ill person in a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home. [Mental Health Act, 1987 (14 of 1987), s. 2(s)]

guilty but mentally ill

guilty but is committed to a mental hospital rather than imprisoned if an examination shows a need for psychiatric treatment compare not guilty by reason of insanity

restraint

a : a means of restraining b : a device that restricts movement (as of prisoners or violent psychiatric patients)

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