160Documents relating to examination, admission and treatment

160 Documents relating to examination, admission and treatment (1) A person must not sign a relevant document relating to another person unless: (a) the person has seen, and personally examined, the other (b) the signing of the document is: (i) in accordance with approved procedures; or (ii) otherwise permitted under this Act. (2) A person must not sign a relevant document relating to another person unless the document: (a) specifies the facts on which the opinion is based that the other person has a mental illness, mental disturbance or complex cognitive impairment; and (b) distinguishes the facts that were observed by the person from the facts communicated to the person. (3) A person must not make a statement in a relevant document relating to another person knowing the statement is misleading.

Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998 131 (4) In this section: misleading, in relation to a statement, means the statement is misleading in a material particular or is misleading because of the omission of a material particular. relevant document, for a person, means: (a) a recommendation for psychiatric examination of the person; or (b) another document relating to the person's admission to an approved treatment facility or treatment under this Act.