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MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING ACT 2022 - SECT 139

Use of chemical restraint during transport

    (1)     A registered medical practitioner may use chemical restraint on a person for the purposes of transporting the person to or from a designated mental health service or any other place as provided under Parts 5.2 and 5.3 only if the registered medical practitioner is satisfied it is necessary to achieve a purpose specified in section 127.

    (2)     A registered medical practitioner may direct a person specified in subsection (3) to use chemical restraint on a person for the purposes of transporting the person to or from a designated mental health service or any other place as provided under Parts 5.2 and 5.3 only if the registered medical practitioner is satisfied it is necessary to achieve a purpose specified in section 127.

    (3)     For the purposes of subsection (2), the following persons are specified—

        (a)     a registered nurse;

        (b)     a registered paramedic employed by an ambulance service as defined in section 3(1) of the Ambulance Services Act 1986 ;

        (c)     a member of a prescribed class of person.

    (4)     Subsection (2) does not limit the power of the following persons to administer sedation within the ordinary scope of that person's practice—

        (a)     a registered nurse;

        (b)     a registered paramedic employed by an ambulance service as defined in section 3(1) of the Ambulance Services Act 1986 ;

        (c)     a member of a prescribed class of person.

Division 4—Immunity



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