79Discharge and other planning

#### 79 Discharge and other planning 79 Discharge and other planning > > (1) An authorised medical officer of a mental health facility must take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that a patient or person detained in the facility, and any designated carer and the principal care provider (if the principal care provider is not a designated carer) of the patient or person, are consulted in relation to planning the patient’s or person’s discharge and any subsequent treatment or other action considered in relation to the patient or person. > > > (2) In planning the discharge of any such patient or person, and any subsequent treatment or other action considered in relation to the patient or person, the authorised medical officer must take all reasonably practicable steps to consult with agencies involved in providing relevant services to the patient or person, any designated carer and the principal care provider (if the principal care provider is not a designated carer) of the patient or person and any dependent children or other dependants of the patient or person. > > > (3) An authorised medical officer of a mental health facility must take all reasonably practicable steps to provide any such patient or person who is discharged from the facility, and any designated carer and the principal care provider (if the principal care provider is not a designated carer) of the patient or person, with appropriate information as to follow-up care. > > **s 79:** Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1 \[51\]–\[53\].