http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/13/section/22/2017-06-30Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003An Act of the Scottish Parliament to restate and amend the law relating to mentally disordered persons; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-02-04Expert Participation2017-06-30 Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003s. 64(8A)(8B)Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015s. 1(2)s. 61(2)Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003s. 65(7)Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015s. 1(3)s. 61(2) Part 4 Chapter 1221Subject to subsection (3) below, the persons mentioned in subsection (2) below shall each compile and maintain a list of medical practitioners who—ahave such qualifications and experience, and have undertaken such training, as may be specified in directions given by the Scottish Ministers; andbare approved for the purposes of this paragraph by the Board concerned as having special experience in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorder.2Those persons are—aa Health Board; andbthe State Hospitals Board for Scotland.3A list compiled by a Health Board under subsection (1) above shall be compiled for its area.4A medical practitioner included for the time being in any list maintained under subsection (1) above is referred to in this Act as an “approved medical practitioner”.S. 22 in force at 21.3.2005 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2005/161, art. 2, Sch. 1S. 22 in force at 5.10.2005 in so far as not already in force by S.S.I. 2005/161, art. 3 (as substituted (1.7.2005) by S.S.I. 2005/375, art. 2 and as amended (22.9.2005) by S.S.I. 2005/459, art. 2)