Western Australian Current Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 - SECT 49

49 .         Information to which practitioner may have regard

        (1)         The practitioner may have regard to any information about the person being assessed that is obtained by the practitioner —

            (a)         from —

                  (i)         the person, including information obtained by observing the person and asking the person questions; or

                  (ii)         any other person;

                and

            (b)         from the person’s medical record.

        (2)         The practitioner cannot conclude that there is a reasonable suspicion that the person being assessed is in need of an involuntary treatment order solely on the basis of information referred to in either or both of subsection (1)(a)(ii) and (b).