Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003

76 Care plan: preparation, placing in medical records etc.

(1) As soon as practicable after a patient’s responsible medical officer is appointed under section 230 of this Act, the responsible medical officer shall—

(a) prepare a plan (any such plan being referred to in this Act as a “care plan”) relating to the patient; and

(b) ensure that the patient’s care plan is included in the patient’s medical records.

(2) The care plan shall set out—

(a) the medical treatment—

(i) which it is proposed to give; and

(ii) which is being given,

to the patient while the patient is subject to the compulsory treatment order; and

(b) such other information relating to the care of the patient as may be prescribed by regulations.

(3) Subject to subsection (4)(b) below, a patient’s responsible medical officer may from time to time amend the patient’s care plan.

(4) Regulations may prescribe—

(a) circumstances in which a patient’s responsible medical officer is required to amend the patient’s care plan;

(b) information in a care plan which may not be amended.

(5) Where a patient’s responsible medical officer amends the patient’s care plan—

(a) the responsible medical officer shall ensure that, as soon as practicable after it is amended, the amended care plan is included in the patient’s medical records; and

(b) subsections (2) to (4) above and this subsection shall apply as if references to the care plan were references to the amended care plan.