137Monitoring of person subject to restrictive intervention

137 Monitoring of person subject to restrictive intervention

(1) A person who is subject to a restrictive intervention must be monitored in accordance with this section.

(2) A person who authorises the use of a restrictive intervention on a person must—

(a) in the case of a person who is subject to bodily restraint, ensure that the person is continuously observed by a registered nurse or a registered medical practitioner for the entire period of the restraint; and

(b) in the case of a person who is subject to chemical restraint, ensure that the person is continuously observed by a registered nurse or a registered medical practitioner for not less than one hour after the chemical restraint is administered.

(3) A registered nurse or registered medical practitioner must clinically review a person subject to a restrictive intervention as often as is appropriate, having regard to the person's condition, but not less frequently than every 15 minutes.

(4) Subject to subsection (5), an authorised psychiatrist must examine a person subject to a restrictive intervention as often as the authorised psychiatrist is satisfied is appropriate in the circumstances to do so, but not less frequently than every 4 hours.

(5) If it is not practicable for an authorised psychiatrist to conduct an examination at the frequency that the authorised psychiatrist is satisfied is appropriate, the person must be examined by a registered medical practitioner when so directed by the authorised psychiatrist.