Part 2The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland

Particular functions

15Medical examination

(1)

A F1Commission Visitor may, in connection with the discharge by the Commission of any of its functions under—

(a)

this Act; or

(b)

the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 4),

carry out in private a medical examination of a patient.

F2(1A)

Only a Commission Visitor who has also been appointed as a Medical Visitor may exercise the functions under subsection (1).

F3(2)

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F3(3)

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