Western Australian Current Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 - SECT 296

296 .         When being admitted or received

        (1)         This section applies when a person is being admitted by, or is being received into, a mental health service for the purpose of providing the person with treatment or care.

        (2)         The person in charge of the mental health service must ensure that the person is asked —

            (a)         whether or not the person has a carer; and

            (b)         whether or not the person has a close family member; and

            (c)         if the person has a carer or close family member, whether or not the person consents to the carer or close family member being —

                  (i)         provided with the information referred to in section 285(1)(a) in connection with the provision of that treatment or care; and

                  (ii)         involved in the matters referred to in section 285(1)(b) while the person is being provided with that treatment or care.

        (3)         The person in charge of the mental health service must ensure that a record of the person’s answers to the questions asked under subsection (2) is filed.