136Monthly reports on voluntary inpatients

136 Monthly reports on voluntary inpatients

(1)  The controlling authority of an approved facility is to prepare a monthly report on the accommodation and treatment of long-term voluntary inpatients in that approved facility.

(2)  The report is to –

(a) [Section 136 Subsection (2) amended by No. 59 of 2016, s. 48, Applied:01 Jul 2017] [Section 136 Subsection (2) amended by No. 4 of 2023, s. 129, Applied:25 Sep 2023] be in a form approved by the President of the Tribunal or, as the case may be, an approved form; and

(b) specify (at least) –

(i) the name and date of admission of each long-term voluntary inpatient; and

(ii) particulars of the treatment and care given to the long-term voluntary inpatient during the relevant month.

(3)  The controlling authority of the approved facility is to give copy of the report to –

(a) the Tribunal; and

(b) [Section 136 Subsection (3) amended by No. 4 of 2023, s. 129, Applied:25 Sep 2023] the Chief Psychiatrist.

(4)  For the purposes of subsection (3) , the copies of the report are to be given within 14 days after the end of the relevant month.

(5)  In this section –

long-term voluntary inpatient, of an approved facility, means a person who has been a voluntary inpatient of the approved facility for longer than 4 months, continuously, since the date of his or her last admission.

Note

The Tribunal may review the status and treatment of any voluntary inpatient – see Division 2 of Part 3 of Chapter 3 .