Mental Health Act 2016
sec.293Appointment
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sec.293 Appointment
An authorised mental health service must have systems in place to ensure that patients are advised of their rights under this Act. Without limiting subsection (1) , the health service chief executive responsible for a public sector mental health service must appoint 1 or more independent patient rights advisers in the way required under a policy or practice guideline. An independent patient rights adviser may be— an employee of an entity that a Hospital and Health Service has engaged to provide services; or an employee of a Hospital and Health Service but not employed in the Service’s mental health service. (sec.293-ssec.1) An authorised mental health service must have systems in place to ensure that patients are advised of their rights under this Act. (sec.293-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , the health service chief executive responsible for a public sector mental health service must appoint 1 or more independent patient rights advisers in the way required under a policy or practice guideline. (sec.293-ssec.3) An independent patient rights adviser may be— an employee of an entity that a Hospital and Health Service has engaged to provide services; or an employee of a Hospital and Health Service but not employed in the Service’s mental health service.
- (a) an employee of an entity that a Hospital and Health Service has engaged to provide services; or
- (b) an employee of a Hospital and Health Service but not employed in the Service’s mental health service.