NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH ACT, 2021

Section 19: Right to privacy and dignity.

2021Section 19 of 58Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) A person with a mental health condition shall have the right to visit from relatives, a legal practitioner and other persons in private.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), where there are reasonable grounds to believe that a person will be violent or may otherwise pose a danger to others, he may be required to receive visitors under the supervision of an officer of the facility.
(3) A person with a mental health condition shall have the right to be examined in private, in the presence of his representative or the attending health care worker specifically required for the consultation or examination.facility.

Cite this section

Section 19, NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH ACT, 2021 (2021).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/national-mental-health-act-2021/section/19/