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LAW OF TURKMENISTAN

of November 23, 2016 No. 477-V

About rendering mental health services

(as amended of the Law of Turkmenistan of 25.11.2017 No. 661-V)

This Law is directed to determination of legal and organizational basis of state regulation in the field of rendering mental health services and providing the rights of citizens in case of its rendering.

Chapter I. General provisions

Article 1. Basic concepts

The basic concepts used for the purposes of this Law mean the following:

1) mental health services – complex of the actions directed to prevention, diagnostics of mental disturbances, treatment and rehabilitation of person suffering from mental disturbance or to inspection of condition of mental health of person which makes the actions which are the basis to assume availability at it mental disturbance;

2) mental disturbance – the condition of mental health of the person caused by violation of work of brain as a result of impact of biological, physical, chemical, psychological, social and other factors, established by the corresponding diagnosis;

3) mental health – the condition of spiritual wellbeing of the person which is characterized by its capability is adequate to realize and perceive surrounding reality, the mental condition and behavior in case of which there is no mental disturbance;

4) the patient – the person suffering from mental disturbance, receiving mental health services in out-patient or stationary conditions;

5) the representative of person who is given mental health services, – person acting for and on behalf of person of the reached age of eighteen years who is given mental health services for the purpose of protection of its rights and legitimate interests (further – the representative);

6) the specialist doctor – person having the higher medical education, which the medical activities connected with the organization and rendering mental health services having the right to be engaged according to the legislation of Turkmenistan;

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