(b) a registered medical practitioner may administer sedation to the person or direct a registered nurse or ambulance paramedic to administer sedation to the person if— (i) all reasonable and less restrictive options have been tried or considered and have been found to be unsuitable; and (ii) the sedation to be administered is necessary to prevent serious and imminent harm to the person or to another person. (2) Subsection (1)(b) does not limit the power of a registered nurse or ambulance paramedic to administer sedation within the ordinary scope of his or her practice. 351 Apprehension of person by police officer or S. 351 (Heading) protective services officer amended by No. 55/2014 s. 175(1). (1) A police officer, or a protective services officer on S. 351(1) amended by duty at a designated place, may apprehend a No. 55/2014 person if the police officer or the protective s. 175(2). services officer is satisfied that— (a) the person appears to have mental illness; and (b) because of the person's apparent mental illness, the person needs to be apprehended to prevent serious and imminent harm to the person or to another person. (2) A police officer or a protective services officer is S. 351(2) amended by not required for the purposes of subsection (1) to No. 55/2014 exercise any clinical judgement as to whether the s. 175(3). person has mental illness.
(b) a registered medical practitioner may administer sedation to the person or direct a registered nurse or ambulance paramedic to administer sedation to the person if— (i) all reasonable and less restrictive options have been tried or considered and have been found to be unsuitable; and (ii) the sedation to be administered is necessary to prevent serious and imminent harm to the person or to another person. (2) Subsection (1)(b) does not limit the power of a registered nurse or ambulance paramedic to administer sedation within the ordinary scope of his or her practice. S. 351 (Heading) amended by No. 55/2014 s. 175(1). 351 Apprehension of person by police officer or protective services officer S. 351(1) amended by No. 55/2014 s. 175(2). (1) A police officer, or a protective services officer on duty at a designated place, may apprehend a person if the police officer or the protective services officer is satisfied that— (a) the person appears to have mental illness; and (b) because of the person's apparent mental illness, the person needs to be apprehended to prevent serious and imminent harm to the person or to another person. S. 351(2) amended by No. 55/2014 s. 175(3). (2) A police officer or a protective services officer is not required for the purposes of subsection (1) to exercise any clinical judgement as to whether the person has mental illness.
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