COMMENT
This section makes, provision for the treatment of mentally ill persons in the psychiatric
hospital / nursing home, as an out - patients, in case his condition dies not warrant his
admission or an in - patient.
Chapter IV Admission And Detention In Psychiatric Hospital
Or
Psychiatric Nursing Home
PART I
ADMISION ON VOLUNTARY BASIS
15. Request by major for admission as voluntary patient
Any persons (not being a minor), who considers himself to be a mentally ill person and
desires to be admitted to any psychiatric nursing home for treatment, may request the
medical officer in charge for being admitted as a voluntary patient.
COMMENT
This section makes provision for admission to a psychiatric hospital / nursing home for
Treatment as a voluntary patient on request by a major mentally ill person.
16. Request by guardian for admission of a ward
Where the guardian of a minor considers such minor to be a mentally ill person and
desires to admit such minor in any psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home for
treatment, he may request the medical officer-in-charge for admitting such minor as a
voluntary patient.
COMMENT
This section makes provision for admission of a minor mentally ill person to a psychiatric
hospital/nursing home for treatment as a voluntary patient, on request by guardian of such
minor.
17. Admission of, and regulation with respect to, voluntary patient
63. On receipt of a request under Sec.15 or Sec.16, the medical officer-in-charge shall
make such inquiry as he may deem fit within a period not exceeding twenty- four
hours and if satisfied that the applicant or, as the case may be, the minor requires
treatment as an in - patients in the psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing
home, he may admit therein such application or, as the case may be, minor as a
voluntary patient.
64. Every voluntary patient admitted to a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing
home shall be bound to abide by such regulations as may be made by the medical
officer - in - charge or the licensee of the psychiatric hospital or psychiatric
nursing home.
This section deals with the matter relating to admission of, and regulation with respect to
voluntary patients.