Western Australian Current Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 - SECT 143

143 .         Advising carer, close family member or other personal support person of decision

        (1)         A practitioner or psychiatrist who decides under section 142 that a carer, close family member or other personal support person is not entitled to be notified of a notifiable event must, if the carer, close family member or other personal support person requests to be notified of the event —

            (a)         advise the carer, close family member or other personal support person of the decision and the reasons for it; and

            (b)         file a record of the advice and give a copy to the person in respect of whom the notifiable event occurs.

        (2)         A carer, close family member or other personal support person to whom advice is provided orally under subsection (1)(a) may request the practitioner or psychiatrist who provided the advice to confirm the advice in writing.

        (3)         The practitioner or psychiatrist must —

            (a)         comply with the request; and

            (b)         file a copy of the confirmation and give another copy to the person in respect of whom the notifiable event occurs.

        Note for this section:

                Any advice provided under section 143(1)(a) or (3)(a) must be provided in accordance with section 9(2).