Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
56Restriction on right to communicate to be monitored regularly
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56 Restriction on right to communicate to be monitored regularly
S. 56(1) amended by No. 44/2025 s. 51(1).
(1) A direction under section 54 to restrict an inpatient's right to communicate must be reviewed, by any authorised psychiatrist employed or engaged by the designated mental health service at which the patient is being treated, on a regular basis to determine whether the restriction needs to be continued.
S. 56(2) amended by No. 44/2025 s. 51(2).
(2) If an authorised psychiatrist is satisfied that it is no longer necessary to restrict the inpatient's right to communicate, the authorised psychiatrist must immediately end the restriction.
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