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FORENSIC DISABILITY ACT 2011 No. 13 - SECT 70

70 Observation of client while restrained or secluded

(1) A senior practitioner or authorised practitioner must ensure a forensic disability client on whom restraint is used under division 2 is observed as required under the director's authorisation for the restraint.

(2) A senior practitioner or authorised practitioner must ensure a forensic disability client is continuously observed while secluded under division 3.

(3) However, subsection (2) does not apply if the seclusion is authorised by a senior practitioner's authorisation the order for which states—

(a) it is not necessary to continuously observe the client while secluded; and
(b) the intervals (not longer than 15 minutes) at which the client must be observed while secluded.


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