18Visits to mental health facilities

18 Visits to mental health facilities

18 Visits to mental health facilities

For the Act, section 131(1), an official visitor must visit a mental health facility as follows—

(a) for a facility that is an emergency department in a hospital—

(i) if another mental health facility is located in the hospital and that other facility treats patients on an in-patient basis—once a month, or

(ii) otherwise—once every 3 months,

(b) otherwise—

(i) if the facility treats patients on an in-patient basis only or on both an in-patient and out-patient basis—once a month, or

(ii) if the facility treats patients on an out-patient basis only—once every 6 months.