Western Australian Current Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 - SECT 582

582 .         Medical record to be kept by mental health services

        (1)         The person in charge of a mental health service must ensure that a medical record is kept in respect of —

            (a)         each person who is admitted by the mental health service; and

            (b)         each person who is otherwise provided with treatment or care by the mental health service.

        (2)         The medical record must be in the approved form and must include the following information —

            (a)         the name, address and date of birth of the person;

            (b)         the nature of any illness, or mental or physical disability, from which the person suffers;

            (c)         particulars of —

                  (i)         any treatment provided to the person by the mental health service; and

                  (ii)         the authority for providing the treatment, including details of any order made under this Act under which the treatment was provided;

            (d)         if the person dies at the mental health service — the date of death and, if known, the cause of death;

            (e)         any other information prescribed by the regulations for this subsection.