Hong Kong Regulations

MENTAL HEALTH REVIEW TRIBUNAL RULES - SCHEDULE SCHEDULE

(Past version on 01/07/1997).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

[rule 6]

STATEMENTS BY THE RESPONSIBLE AUTHORITY

PART A

Information relating to mentally incapacitated persons

(other than conditionally discharged patients)

1. The full name of the mentally incapacitated person and the number of any
current identity card issued to the mentally incapacitated person under the
Registration of Persons Ordinance ( Cap 177).

2. The age of the mentally incapacitated person.

3. The date of admission of the patient to the place in which the patient is
currently detained or liable to be detained, or of the reception of the
mentally incapacitated person into guardianship or when the mentally
incapacitated person becomes a supervised person.

4. Details of the original authority for the detention of the mentally
incapacitated person, including the Ordinance and the section of that
Ordinance by reference to which detention was authorized and details of any
subsequent renewal of or change in the authority for detention, or details of
the original authority for making the mentally incapacitated person subject to
guardianship or a supervised person, as the case requires.

5. The form of mental disorder from which the patient is recorded as suffering
in the authority for detention.

6. The name of the attending medical officer and the period which the mentally
incapacitated person has spent under the care of that officer.

7. Where another registered medical practitioner is or has recently been
largely concerned in the treatment of the mentally incapacitated person, the
name of that practitioner and the period which the mentally incapacitated
person has spent under his care.

8. The dates of all previous tribunal hearings in relation to the mentally
incapacitated person, the decisions reached at such hearings and the reasons
given.

9. Details of any proceedings in the Court of First Instance in which the
ability of the mentally incapacitated person to manage his affairs was in
issue and of any receivership order, or any order for the appointment of a
committee, made in respect of the mentally incapacitated person. (25 of 1998
s. 2)

10. The name and address of any relative or other person who takes a close
interest in the mentally incapacitated person.

11. Details of any leave of absence granted to the patient during the previous
2 years, including the duration of such leave and particulars of the
arrangements made for the patient's residence while on leave. (L.N. 100 of
1998)

PART B

Reports relating to mentally incapacitated persons (other than conditionally
discharged patients)

1. An up-to-date medical report, prepared for the tribunal, including the
relevant medical history and a full report on the mentally incapacitated
person's mental condition.

2. An up-to-date social report prepared for the tribunal.

3. The views of the responsible authority on the suitability of the mentally
incapacitated person for discharge.

4. Any other information or observations on the application which the
authority wishes to make. (L.N. 100 of 1998)

PART C

Information relating to conditionally discharged patients

1. The full name of the patient and the number of any current identity card
issued to the patient under the Registration of Persons  Ordinance ( Cap 177).

2. The age of the patient.

3. The history of the patient's present liability to detention including
details of offence(s), and the dates of the original order or direction and of
the conditional discharge.

4. The form of mental disorder from which the patient is recorded as suffering
in the authority for detention.

5. The name and address of any medical practitioner responsible for the care
and supervision of the patient in the community and the period which the
patient has spent under the care of that practitioner.

6. The name and address of any public officer in the Social Welfare Department
responsible for the care and supervision of the patient in the community and
the period which the patient has spent under the care of that officer.

7. The name and address of any psychiatric out-patient clinic which the
patient is required to attend.

PART D

Reports relating to conditionally discharged patients

1. Where there is a medical practitioner responsible for the care and
supervision of the patient in the community, an up-to-date medical report
prepared for the tribunal including the relevant medical history, a report on
the patient's attendance at any psychiatric out-patient clinic that he is
required to attend and a full report on the patient's mental condition.

2. Where there is a public officer in the Social Welfare Department
responsible for the patient's care and supervision in the community, an
up-to-date report prepared for the tribunal on the patient's progress in the
community since discharge from hospital and a report on the patient's home
circumstances.

3. Any observations on the application which the Commissioner of Police wishes
to make. (L.N. 4 of 1989)

4. (Repealed L.N. 4 of 1989)