Table 1.

Depicts the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 sections, various types of admission, application, authorized personnel and number of days

Section	Type of admission	Application for admission	Authorized personnel for admission	Days
86	Independent admission	Person with mental illness	Medical officer or mental health professional	No time limit
87	Minor admission	NR	Two psychiatrists, or one psychiatrist and one mental health professional or one psychiatrist and one medical practitioner	No time limit
89	Admission and treatment of PMI, with high support needs, in mental health establishment, up to 30 days	NR		30 days
90	Admission and treatment of PMI, with high support needs, in mental health establishment, beyond 30 days	NR	Two psychiatrists	90 days. If requires IP care beyond 90 days, for the 1st Time-120 days but if the persons require continuation 180 days
100	Duties of police officers in respect of PMI	Police officer	The medical officer or mental health professional in-charge of the public mental health establishment	As per the section 86, 87, 89 and 90
102	Conveying or admitting person with mental illness to mental health establishment by magistrate	Magistrate	Only 10 days admission as per the magistrate order	As per the section 86, 87, 89 and 90
103	Prisoners with mental illness	The Prisoners Act, 1900 or the Air Force Act, 1950, or the Army Act, 1950, or the Navy Act, 1957, or under section 330 or section 335 of the CrPC 1973	Permission of the mental health review board	No time limit mentioned in the act
	All admission under section 87 and 89 of minor and women will be informed to the concerned board within 3 days and within 7 days the admission of any person not being a woman or minor. All admissions or readmission under section 90, will be informed to the concerned Board within 7 days

NR – Nominated representative; PMI – Persons with mental illness; IP – Inpatient