Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) This section
applies whenever a person is released from bodily restraint under an oral
authorisation or a bodily restraint order.
(2) The person in
charge of the ward where the person was restrained must ensure —
(a) that
the person is examined by a medical practitioner as soon as practicable and,
in any event, within 6 hours after the time when the person is released from
the bodily restraint; or
(b) if
the person is to be released or discharged by, or against medical advice wants
to leave, the authorised hospital where the person was restrained before being
examined under paragraph (a) — that the person is offered an examination
by a medical practitioner to be conducted before the person is released,
discharged or leaves.
(3) A medical
practitioner who examines a person for the purposes of subsection (2) must, as
soon as practicable —
(a)
record in the approved form these things —
(i)
the medical practitioner’s name and qualifications;
(ii)
the date and time of the examination;
(iii)
the results of the examination, including any
complication of or deterioration in the person’s mental or physical
condition that is a result of, or may be the result of, the person being
restrained;
and
(b) file
the record and give a copy to the person.