Western Australian Current Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 - SECT 233

233 .         Treating psychiatrist (if any) must be informed

        (1)         This section applies if —

            (a)         a person restrained under an oral authorisation or a bodily restraint order has a treating psychiatrist; and

            (b)         the treating psychiatrist did not give the oral authorisation or make the bodily restraint order; and

            (c)         the medical practitioner informed of the restraint under section 230(5) or 231(4) is not the treating psychiatrist.

        (2)         The person who gave the oral authorisation or made the bodily restraint order must, as soon as practicable and, in any event, within 30 minutes after the time when the person is restrained under the authorisation or order, inform the treating psychiatrist as to whether —

            (a)         the person is restrained under the authorisation or order; or

            (b)         the person was restrained under the authorisation or order but has since been released from bodily restraint.

        (3)         A person who informs the treating psychiatrist under subsection (2) must, as soon as practicable —

            (a)         record in the approved form —

                  (i)         the treating psychiatrist’s name and qualifications; and

                  (ii)         the date and time when the treating psychiatrist was informed;

                and

            (b)         file the record and give a copy to the person.