89Discharge plan

89 Discharge plan (1) The person-in-charge of an approved treatment facility must ensure a discharge plan is prepared by an authorised psychiatric practitioner before the person is discharged from the facility. (2) The discharge plan: (a) must contain arrangements for the accommodation, psychosocial well-being and ongoing psychiatric treatment of (b) must be capable of being implemented. (3) The authorised psychiatric practitioner must: (a) ensure the persons specified in subsection (4) are consulted in relation to the arrangements mentioned in subsection (2)(a) when preparing the plan; and (b) after the plan is prepared – inform the persons specified in subsection (4) of the details of the plan.

Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998 87 (4) For subsection (3), the following are specified: (c) subject to subsection (5): (i) the person's representative; and (ii) the person's primary carer. (5) The practitioner may decide not to allow consultation with, or the giving of information to, the person's representative or primary carer if the practitioner is of the opinion that the consultation or giving of the information is not in the person's best interests. (6) If the practitioner decides not to allow consultation with, or the giving of information to, the representative or primary carer because of subsection (5), the practitioner must: (b) inform the representative or primary carer of his or her right to (c) make a record of the decision in accordance with approved (7) The consultation may be conducted by any of the following: (a) the authorised psychiatric practitioner; (b) a medical practitioner; (c) the senior nurse on duty at the facility; (d) the person's primary nurse; (e) the person's psychiatric case manager; (f) a staff member of the facility responsible for discharge planning. (8) The authorised psychiatric practitioner must make a record of information given by the practitioner under this section in accordance with approved procedures.

Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998 88 (9) A person who conducts a consultation under this section must make a record of the consultation in accordance with approved