Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) On receipt of a
report under section 526 in relation to a notifiable incident, the Chief
Psychiatrist may do one of the following —
(a)
investigate the incident;
(b)
refer the incident to all or any of the following —
(i)
the CEO;
(ii)
the CEO of the Health Department;
(iia) if
the incident involves a supervised person — the chief executive officer
of the department of the Public Service principally assisting in the
administration of the CLMI Act;
(iib) if
the incident involves a resident (as defined in the Declared Places (Mental
Impairment) Act 2015 section 3) — the chief executive officer of the
department of the Public Service principally assisting in the administration
of the Disability Services Act 1993 ;
(iii)
a registration board;
(c) take
no action in relation to the incident.
(2) Despite having
decided to investigate a notifiable incident under subsection (1)(a), the
Chief Psychiatrist may decide at any time during the investigation to instead
refer the incident to a person or body under subsection (1)(b).
[Section 527 amended: No. 10 of 2023 s. 385.]