Cap. 525 Art. 16Community Treatment Order. Criteria for Community Treatment Order. Supervision Register.

(1) Persons with a mental disorder who do not require treatment in a licensed facility but meet the criteria for compulsory treatment in the community, shall, following the granting of a Community Treatment Order, be compulsorily treated in the community under a care plan that helps the person to live and integrate in the community.

(2) The Community Treatment Order shall allow for treatment, care and management of a person with a mental disorder to be provided in the community by healthcare professionals as nominated in the care plan.

(3) A person who is subject to a Community Treatment Order shall be required to undergo the authorised treatment, failing which, he may be liable to the issue of a Conveyance Order as provided under article 21 of this Act.

(4) A Community Treatment Order shall be granted by the Commissioner in respect of a person living in the community or a patient receiving voluntary or involuntary treatment in a licensed facility, if after receiving the relevant application in accordance with the Seventh Schedule he is satisfied that:

(a) the person has a severe mental disorder that is amenable to treatment in the community; and

(b) the responsible specialist has previously authorised treatment for the illness but the person has refused or failed to consistently cooperate with the treatment to an extent that has resulted or may result in relapse of the mental disorder or inadequate response which has previously led or may lead to involuntary admission to

(d) the treatment required for the person can be safely provided in the community.

(5) After granting a Community Treatment Order, the Commissioner shall inform in writing the person and his responsible carer about the Order.

(6) Upon request from a person who is receiving treatment under a Community Treatment Order in the private healthcare sector or his responsible carer, the Commissioner may direct the clinical director responsible for psychiatric care in the public sector to arrange for such treatment to be provided in the public sector under the same conditions under which treatment is provided in the said sector, if in the opinion of the Commissioner the person lacks the financial means for private treatment, provided that such treatment is available in the public sector.

(7) There shall be a public officer duly authorised by the clinical director responsible for psychiatric care in the public sector who shall keep an updated supervision register listing all patients who are on a Community Treatment Order and indicating their respective level of risk. A copy of this information shall be sent to the Commissioner every six months.