Disability Services Regulation 2017
sec.14Information about use of restrictive practices— Act , s 199
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sec.14 Information about use of restrictive practices— Act , s 199
This section applies if a relevant service provider is using a restrictive practice in relation to an adult with an intellectual or cognitive disability. The provider must give the following information to the chief executive for each calendar month in which the restrictive practice is used— the adult’s full name; the adult’s unique client identifier; the restrictive practice used; the days on which, or the days between which, the restrictive practice was used; the times when the restrictive practice started and ended on each of the days; the frequency with which the restrictive practice was used; any episodic or isolated uses of the restrictive practice; the place where the restrictive practice was used; any injury to a person that happened when the restrictive practice was used; if a mechanical or physical restraint was used—the type of restraint; if the restrictive practice involved restricting access to an object—the object; if a medication was used as a chemical restraint— the generic name of the medication; and the proprietary name of the medication; and the prescribed dose of the medication; and the prescribed frequency of the dose of the medication; and the name of the doctor who prescribed the medication. The provider must give the information to the chief executive using an electronic system approved by the chief executive. The provider must give the information to the chief executive— on the second Friday of the calendar month immediately after the calendar month in which the restrictive practice is used; and at other times if the chief executive, by written notice to the provider, requires the provider to do so. A notice under subsection (4) (b) must state— the period to which the information must relate; and the type of information, mentioned in subsection (2) , that the provider is required to give; and when the provider must give the information to the chief executive. s 14 (prev s 8) renum 2021 SL No. 2 s 14 (sec.14-ssec.1) This section applies if a relevant service provider is using a restrictive practice in relation to an adult with an intellectual or cognitive disability. (sec.14-ssec.2) The provider must give the following information to the chief executive for each calendar month in which the restrictive practice is used— the adult’s full name; the adult’s unique client identifier; the restrictive practice used; the days on which, or the days between which, the restrictive practice was used; the times when the restrictive practice started and ended on each of the days; the frequency with which the restrictive practice was used; any episodic or isolated uses of the restrictive practice; the place where the restrictive practice was used; any injury to a person that happened when the restrictive practice was used; if a mechanical or physical restraint was used—the type of restraint; if the restrictive practice involved restricting access to an object—the object; if a medication was used as a chemical restraint— the generic name of the medication; and the proprietary name of the medication; and the prescribed dose of the medication; and the prescribed frequency of the dose of the medication; and the name of the doctor who prescribed the medication. (sec.14-ssec.3) The provider must give the information to the chief executive using an electronic system approved by the chief executive. (sec.14-ssec.4) The provider must give the information to the chief executive— on the second Friday of the calendar month immediately after the calendar month in which the restrictive practice is used; and at other times if the chief executive, by written notice to the provider, requires the provider to do so. (sec.14-ssec.5) A notice under subsection (4) (b) must state— the period to which the information must relate; and the type of information, mentioned in subsection (2) , that the provider is required to give; and when the provider must give the information to the chief executive.