Mental Health Act 2016
sec.336Record of relevant patients
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sec.336 Record of relevant patients
The administrator of an authorised mental health service must keep a record of each relevant patient of the service. Without limiting subsection (1) , the record must contain the following information— the day the person becomes a relevant patient of the authorised mental health service; the day the person stops being a relevant patient; details of the basis on which the person is a relevant patient; details of any change to the basis on which the person is a relevant patient and the day the change happens; the category of a treatment authority, forensic order or treatment support order for the relevant patient and details of any limited community treatment; the conditions of a treatment authority, forensic order or treatment support order for the relevant patient; details of temporary absences approved under section 221 for the relevant patient and the reason for the absences. In this section— relevant patient means an involuntary patient or classified patient (voluntary). (sec.336-ssec.1) The administrator of an authorised mental health service must keep a record of each relevant patient of the service. (sec.336-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , the record must contain the following information— the day the person becomes a relevant patient of the authorised mental health service; the day the person stops being a relevant patient; details of the basis on which the person is a relevant patient; details of any change to the basis on which the person is a relevant patient and the day the change happens; the category of a treatment authority, forensic order or treatment support order for the relevant patient and details of any limited community treatment; the conditions of a treatment authority, forensic order or treatment support order for the relevant patient; details of temporary absences approved under section 221 for the relevant patient and the reason for the absences. (sec.336-ssec.3) In this section— relevant patient means an involuntary patient or classified patient (voluntary).
- (a) the day the person becomes a relevant patient of the authorised mental health service;
- (b) the day the person stops being a relevant patient;
- (c) details of the basis on which the person is a relevant patient;
- (d) details of any change to the basis on which the person is a relevant patient and the day the change happens;
- (e) the category of a treatment authority, forensic order or treatment support order for the relevant patient and details of any limited community treatment;
- (f) the conditions of a treatment authority, forensic order or treatment support order for the relevant patient;
- (g) details of temporary absences approved under section 221 for the relevant patient and the reason for the absences.