Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
13. (1) An Inspecting Officer may, at any time, enter and inspect any psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home and require the production of any records, which are required to be kept in accordance with the rules made in this behalf, for inspection:
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Provided that any personal records of a patie.nt so inspected shall be kept confidential except for the purposes of sub-section (3).
(2) m e Inspecting Officer may interview in private any patient receiving treatment and care therein-
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(3) Where the Inspecting Officer is satisfied that any inpatikt `in` a &%&i&&8 hq@p@k3 `p~` :psxqM@?ip pq~qjng qqt:,rep~$vjgg proper @ R ~ ~ Q P Q ~ ; 3 ., , );l% t-: `~ 9 3` ~ ~ e r t t h ~ : ga$ter $R thq liqeq$pg '. iytbBrity % J.K.. and ~~E:~W@BII th~. bieensipg a p t h g ~ i t ~ m.ay fssq~ s.~ch djqesti~n ., ,. `,,` ,. . gg:j:&;.pay . deem fit to the medical officer in charge `or` the licensee of the psychiatric h9.~i:6&,:.q, `-3%` the, gas&, q$y be, the psychiatsic n;~,pi:cg howe..... , `aqd,` , .... `,=,,pry` . . . s~!.h, m,~&e~a\ o@~er in chgrge or licensee shall be b g q ~ & $ej:~ompi~ . .vJ&?~; . `'%I&` ~&F@!?@O~S: I . . . . . .r . ., . . . .
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. 14. Provision shall be made in every psychiatric b~q$tqJ Q- `Q S ~ ?` chiatric nursing home for such facilities as may be prescribed for the treatment of every mentally ill person, whose condition does not, w&ant his admission as an inpatient or who, for the time being; is pot uhdenT going treatment as inpatient.
Treatment of outpatient%.
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Source: India Code