On voluntary admission, maximum number of days for which a patient can be admitted in mental hospital as per Mental Health Care Act 2017?*
a. 30 days
b. 60 days
c. 14 days
d. 100 days
Act,%202017.pdf
•Admission of minor should be informed within seventy-two hours.
•Admission of a person with mental illness limited to a period of thirty days.
•The medical officer or mental health professional in charge of the mental health establishment shall report the concerned Board,—(a) within three days the admissions of a woman or a minor; (b) within seven days the admission of any person not being a woman or minor.
•The Board shall, within a period of twenty-one days from the date of last admission or readmission of person with mental illness under this section, permit such admission or readmission or order discharge of such person.