Mental Health Act 2016
sec.257Chief psychiatrist may give written direction about seclusion
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sec.257 Chief psychiatrist may give written direction about seclusion
The chief psychiatrist may give an authorised mental health service a written direction stating any of the following— that no relevant patients may be kept in seclusion; that a class of relevant patients may not be kept in seclusion; that a particular relevant patient may not be kept in seclusion; requirements about the way in which all relevant patients, a class of relevant patients, or a particular relevant patient are to be kept in seclusion; that all relevant patients, a class of relevant patients, or a particular relevant patient may be kept in seclusion only if the seclusion is provided for under a reduction and elimination plan for the relevant patient approved under section 267 .
- (a) that no relevant patients may be kept in seclusion;
- (b) that a class of relevant patients may not be kept in seclusion;
- (c) that a particular relevant patient may not be kept in seclusion;
- (d) requirements about the way in which all relevant patients, a class of relevant patients, or a particular relevant patient are to be kept in seclusion;
- (e) that all relevant patients, a class of relevant patients, or a particular relevant patient may be kept in seclusion only if the seclusion is provided for under a reduction and elimination plan for the relevant patient approved under section 267 .