# The Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, Article 81: Visiting and examination of patients


For the purpose of advising whether an application to the Review Tribunal should be made by or in respect of a patient who is liable to be detained or subject to guardianship under this Order or of furnishing information as to the condition of a patient for the purposes of such an application, any medical practitioner authorised by or on behalf of the patient or other person who is entitled to make or has made the application—
(a) may at any reasonable time visit the patient and examine him in private, and
(b) may require the production of and inspect any records relating to the detention or treatment of the patient in any hospital.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1986/595/article/81 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-northern-ireland-order-1986/article-81
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