Mental Health Act 2016
sec.817Treatment plans
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sec.817 Treatment plans
This section applies if, before the commencement, a treatment plan was prepared for a patient under the repealed Act, section 124. The treatment plan is taken to have been recorded by an authorised doctor in the patient’s health records under the new Act, section 202 as the treatment and care planned to be provided to the patient under the new Act. (sec.817-ssec.1) This section applies if, before the commencement, a treatment plan was prepared for a patient under the repealed Act, section 124. (sec.817-ssec.2) The treatment plan is taken to have been recorded by an authorised doctor in the patient’s health records under the new Act, section 202 as the treatment and care planned to be provided to the patient under the new Act.