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The ''HCCFA'' does not apply to the provision of psychiatric treatment where an individual is involuntarily detained under the ''MHA'' and/or is on leave from a psychiatric facility or has been transferred to an approved home (''HCCFA'' s 2). For those individuals, the director of the relevant psychiatric facility has the right to consent to psychiatric care on the involuntarily detained patient’s behalf (see [[Mental Health Act: Involuntarily Admitted Patients (14:VII) | Section VII]]). Additionally, for patients not involuntarily admitted, s 12(1) of the ''HCCFA'' allows an adult to be treated without their consent in an emergency situation in order to preserve that adult’s life, or to prevent serious mental or physical harm, or to alleviate severe pain, if certain other conditions are met. | The ''HCCFA'' does not apply to the provision of psychiatric treatment where an individual is involuntarily detained under the ''MHA'' and/or is on leave from a psychiatric facility or has been transferred to an approved home (''HCCFA'' s 2). For those individuals, the director of the relevant psychiatric facility has the right to consent to psychiatric care on the involuntarily detained patient’s behalf (see [[Mental Health Act: Involuntarily Admitted Patients (14:VII) | Section VII]]). Additionally, for patients not involuntarily admitted, s 12(1) of the ''HCCFA'' allows an adult to be treated without their consent in an emergency situation in order to preserve that adult’s life, or to prevent serious mental or physical harm, or to alleviate severe pain, if certain other conditions are met. | ||
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