Under the Mental Healthcare Act 2017, which condition allows a mental health professional to provide emergency treatment to a person with mental illness without obtaining their informed consent?

• A The patient is refusing oral medication
• B The patient has a history of non-compliance
• C The patient is an independent admission
• D There is an imminent risk of death or serious harm to the patient or others ✓

Explanation

The Mental Healthcare Act 2017 allows emergency treatment without consent only when there is an imminent risk of death or serious harm to the patient or others. Routine refusal of medication or non-compliance does not justify overriding consent without this imminent risk.

Reference: Mental Healthcare Act 2017, Bare Act ed.

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