NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH ACT, 2021

Section 18: Right to participate in treatment planning.

2021Section 18 of 58Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) A person with a mental health condition has a right to, where possible, participate in the formulation of his treatment plan.
(2) Where a person with mental health condition is incapable of exercising the right under subsection (1) due to the nature of his condition, his legal representative shall be entitled to participate in the formulation of the treatment plan.

Cite this section

Section 18, NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH ACT, 2021 (2021).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/national-mental-health-act-2021/section/18/