New clause 6 - Duties of the responsible clinician
Mental Capacity Bill
2:30 pm
'(1) The responsible clinician may be any registered doctor responsible for P's assessment and medical treatment at the relevant time.
(2) If P's responsible clinician considers that the conditions specified in section E (2) to (7) are met in relation to a medical treatment to which section D applies, he must notify—
(a) the Secretary of State, and
(b) any other person of a description specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.'.