Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) If a bodily restraint is used on a person who is receiving mental health services in a designated mental health service, the person must be monitored in accordance with this section.
(2) A person on whom a bodily restraint is used must be under continuous observation by a registered nurse or registered medical practitioner.
(3) A registered nurse or registered medical practitioner must clinically review the use of a bodily restraint on a person as often as is appropriate, having regard to the person's condition, but not less frequently than every 15 minutes.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), an authorised psychiatrist must examine a person on whom a bodily restraint is used as frequently as the authorised psychiatrist is satisfied is appropriate in the circumstances to do so, but not less frequently than every 4 hours.
(5) If it is not practicable for an authorised psychiatrist to conduct an examination at the frequency that the authorised psychiatrist is satisfied is appropriate, the person must be examined by a registered medical practitioner when so directed by the authorised psychiatrist.
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