Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2015 - SECT 21

The person in charge of an approved mental health facility or approved community care facility must take all reasonable steps to ensure that—

        (a)     a person receiving treatment, care or support at the facility is asked whether the person has a nominated person; and

        (b)     if the person has a nominated person—

              (i)     details about the nominated person and a copy of the written nomination are kept with the person's record; and

              (ii)     a process is in place to periodically check the currency of the information kept under subparagraph (i); and

              (iii)     if the ACAT is involved in decisions about the person—the name of and contact information for the nominated person is given to the ACAT.