Western Australian Current Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 - SECT 535

535 .         Request for information about patient or person detained

        (1)         A person may request the Chief Psychiatrist to advise the person whether or not a particular individual —

            (a)         is admitted by a mental health service as an inpatient; or

            (b)         is detained at a mental health service.

        (2)         If, in the Chief Psychiatrist’s opinion, the person making the request has a sufficient interest in the matter, the Chief Psychiatrist may provide the person with the following information (as applicable) in relation to that admission or detention —

            (a)         the date of the admission or detention;

            (b)         the date of the individual’s discharge or release from the admission or detention;

            (c)         if the individual died while so admitted or detained — the date of death.