Section 19 — Remote assessment for treatment
Extent: E+W+S+N.I.
Snapshot: 2026-08-24
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(1) Section 119 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (practitioners approved for Part 4 and section 118) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (2)(a), for the first “and” substitute “or”.
(3) After subsection (2) insert— (2A) A person authorised by subsection (2) to carry out an interview or examination may, to the extent that they consider appropriate, carry it out— (a) by live audio link, or (b) by live video link.
(4) In subsection (3), before the definition of “regulated establishment” insert— “live audio link”, in relation to the carrying out of an interview or examination, means a live telephone link or other arrangement which enables the patient and the person carrying out the interview or examination to hear one another; “live video link”, in relation to the carrying out of an interview or examination, means a live television link or other arrangement which enables the patient and the person carrying out the interview or examination to see and hear one another; .