Section 18: Plan of treatment

18. Plan of treatment (1) The Superintendent shall assign responsibility for a patient or security patient to a psychiatrist. (2) The psychiatrist shall draw up an individual treatment plan in respect of every patient or security patient, as soon as practicable after his admission, for submission to the Commission for approval. (3) The patient or security patient or his next of kin may participate in the formulation of the treatment plan. (4) The plan shall include— (a) the nature, side effects and expected duration of the treatment proposed and any alternative treatment; (b) the nature and duration of any other non-psychiatric treatment that may be required. M61 – 9 [Issue 1] Mental Health Care Act (5) Where a treating psychiatrist considers that it is urgently necessary to administer treatment to a patient under section 16 (2) or a security patient under section 17 (2) in order to prevent immediate or imminent harm to the person or patient or any other person, as the case may be, he may administer such treatment prior to the submission of a treatment plan under this section.