1. A community treatment order lasts six months and can be renewed if needed. 2. The revised Mental Health Act makes provision for community treatment orders ( CTOs ). 3. The Board will review community treatment order every year whether the patient requests it or not. 4. The AMHP is also an important healthcare professional when making decisions under guardianship or community treatment orders . 5. Section 29 is a Community Treatment Order , and the Act states that this should be applied for. 6. In his later years he was a diagnosed schizophrenic under a community treatment order which allowed forced medical treatment as an outpatient. 7. A person on a community treatment order has the right to see a rights advisor and to appeal to the Consent and Capacity Board. 8. Community treatment orders can be used in the first instance or after a period of admission to hospital as a voluntary / involuntary patient.9. The other involved the introduction of community treatment orders ( CTOs ) to make it possible to treat people against their wishes in the community. 10. In Australia they are also called community treatment orders and last for a maximum of twelve months but can be renewed after review by a tribunal.
