South Australian Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2009 - SECT 36

36—Leave of absence of patients detained under detention and treatment orders

        (1)         The director of a treatment centre may, by written notice in the form approved by the Minister, grant a patient detained in the centre leave of absence from the centre for any purpose and period that the director considers appropriate and specifies in the notice.

        (2)         Leave of absence may be granted subject to any conditions that the director considers appropriate and specifies in the notice.

        (3)         The director must ensure that the patient is given a copy of the notice by which the patient is granted leave of absence before the patient commences the leave.