 In one case, physical restraint was found to have been used on a person, but nothing was recorded in the person's medical history.  In another case, the register in which psychotropic medication is recorded (as per the list of narcotic substances, psychotropic (psychoactive) substances and their precursors subject to control in the Republic of Armenia, approved under the Republic of Armenia Government Decree 1129-N dated 21 August 2003), the records had been made using a pencil, which is unacceptable as it may lead to abuse. 5.7.3. 5.7.4. 5.7.5. 5.8. In the absence of a consistent regulation developed by the competent state authority, psychiatric organizations apply different principles for recording injuries and notifying law-enforcement agencies thereof. Hence, steps should be taken to develop a regulation on proper recording of injuries in psychiatric medical care and service organizations and on notifying law-enforcement agencies thereof, so as to ensure the consistency of legal rules and practice. In all case of injuries sustained in psychiatric organizations or admission with injuries, they must be recorded in the medical histories, and the local police station shall be immediately notified thereof. It is necessary to document all the injuries, and not only the injuries as a result of which the person was transferred to a medical institution or died. The Ambulance Service; Access to Narrowly-Specialized Medical Services 5.8.1. In all of the Republic of Armenia, only the Yerevan City ambulance service has a psychiatric brigade. Hence, it is necessary to put in place mechanisms for the transfer of persons to psychiatric organizations and the provision of 64   

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