# The Court of Protection Rules 2001, Article 35: Evidence of patient’s recovery or death and inquiry by court as to whether patient has recovered


(1) Where at any stage of proceedings relating to a patient the court has reason to believe that the patient has recovered or has died, the court may require medical evidence of the recovery or evidence of the death (as the case may be) to be furnished to it by such person as it thinks appropriate.
(2) The court shall, from time to time, review a patient’s case where a medical certificate provided to the court expressed an opinion that there is a possibility of mental recovery and make such inquiries and carry out such investigations as it thinks fit to establish whether or not the patient has recovered.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/824/article/35 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-2001/article-35
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