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. 2022 Mar 22;64(Suppl 1):S16–S24. doi: 10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_743_21

Table 2.

Depicts the different forms to be filled by specific stakeholders for various purposes as per the mental healthcare (rights of persons with mental illness) Rules, 2018

Serial number Request to be made by Purpose of request Form
1 Person with mental illness Basic medical records Form A
2 Issuing of basic medical records by the treating psychiatrist within 15 days. There are three different formats for different services such as (1) OP services, (2) IP services, (3) Psychological assessments reports and (4) Therapy reports Form B
3 Any person who is not a minor and who considers himself to have a mental illness admission As an independent patient Form C
4 NR of the minor Admission of the minor Form D
5 NR of a person Admission of a person with mental illness, with high support needs under section 89 of the act Form E
6 NR of a person Continuation of the admission of a person with mental illness, with high support needs under section 90 of the act Form F
7 Person admitted as an independent patient or a minor admitted under section 87 of the act who attained the age of 18 years during his stay in the mental health establishment discharge from a mental health establishment Form G
8 NR of the minor Discharge of the minor Form H
9 NR of the person with mental illness admitted in a mental health establishment Grant of leave to such person Form I
10 Psychiatrist in charge of such mental health establishment Request for taking into protection by a police officer of a prisoner with mental illness found to be absent from a mental health establishment without leave or discharge Form J

NR – Nominated representative; OP – Outpatient; IP – Inpatient