sec.32Visiting and assessing client and consulting about client’s care and support

sec.32 Visiting and assessing client and consulting about client’s care and support

A registered health practitioner, speech pathologist or social worker engaged in providing disability services, other than a forensic disability service employee, may at any reasonable time of the day or night— visit and assess a forensic disability client detained in the forensic disability service; or consult with a senior practitioner about the care and support of a forensic disability client. Subsection (1) does not affect a right or obligation of a forensic disability service employee in relation to a client under this Act. A legal or other adviser for a forensic disability client detained in the forensic disability service may visit the client at any reasonable time of the day or night. The registered health practitioner, speech pathologist, social worker or adviser may exercise a power under subsection (1) or (2) — only if asked by the client or someone else on the client’s behalf; and only under an arrangement made with the administrator. s 32 amd 2013 No. 13 s 16 (sec.32-ssec.1) A registered health practitioner, speech pathologist or social worker engaged in providing disability services, other than a forensic disability service employee, may at any reasonable time of the day or night— visit and assess a forensic disability client detained in the forensic disability service; or consult with a senior practitioner about the care and support of a forensic disability client. Subsection (1) does not affect a right or obligation of a forensic disability service employee in relation to a client under this Act. (sec.32-ssec.2) A legal or other adviser for a forensic disability client detained in the forensic disability service may visit the client at any reasonable time of the day or night. (sec.32-ssec.3) The registered health practitioner, speech pathologist, social worker or adviser may exercise a power under subsection (1) or (2) — only if asked by the client or someone else on the client’s behalf; and only under an arrangement made with the administrator.

• (a) visit and assess a forensic disability client detained in the forensic disability service; or
• (b) consult with a senior practitioner about the care and support of a forensic disability client.
• (a) only if asked by the client or someone else on the client’s behalf; and
• (b) only under an arrangement made with the administrator.