Government of Western Australia Country Resources Mental Health Legislation, Regulations and Implementation Guides Australia, Western Australia 23 July 2011 Legislation/regulation

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1. Citation 1
2. Commencement 1
3. Interpretation 1
4. Authorised mental health practitioners — s. 20(4)(a) 1
5. Notifications to be given by authorised mental health
practitioners — s. 20(4)(c) 2
6. Grounds on which a person’s authorisation as a mental
health practitioner may be revoked — s. 20(4)(d) 3
7. Where a public hospital ceases to be an authorised
hospital — s. 21 3
8. Details of involuntary patients to be kept by Registrar
— s. 24(a) 4
9. Delegation to Registrar — s. 25 5
10. Apprehension of person absent without leave —
s. 58(1)(a) and (b) 5
11. Particulars to be included in authorisation to keep
patient in seclusion — s. 119(2) 5
12. Records to be kept with respect to authorisation to
keep patient in seclusion — s. 119(4) 6
13. Observation of patient in seclusion — s. 120(b) 7
14. Particulars to be included in authorization to use
mechanical bodily restraint on a patient — s. 123(2) 7
15. Records to be kept with respect to authorization to use
mechanical bodily restraint — s. 123(4) 8
16. Special duties where patient under mechanical bodily
restraint 9
17. Register of secluions and restraints to be kept 9
Mental Health Regulations 1997
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page ii Version 01-c0-00 As at 23 Jul 2011
Extract from www.slp.wa.gov.au, see that website for further information
18. Explanation of rights — s. 156(1) 10
19. Other information to be included in records —
s. 204(3)(e) 11
20. Disqualifying interest of official visitor where shares
held — Schedule 3, clause 2(e) 11
Notes
Compilation table 12

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