Mental Health Regulation 2025
33Patients Trust Fund
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33 Patients Trust Fund
33 Patients Trust Fund
(1) The responsible person for a mental health facility must establish and keep a Patients Trust Fund in an authorised deposit-taking institution approved by the Treasurer.
(2) The following money must be paid into the Patients Trust Fund for a mental health facility—
(a) money received by the responsible person from a patient for custody on behalf of the patient,
(b) money received by the responsible person from another person for the benefit, use or enjoyment of a specified patient.
(3) The responsible person for the mental health facility must keep a separate ledger account for each patient in the Patients Trust Fund for the mental health facility (a patient account).
(4) Money standing to the credit of a patient’s account in the Patients Trust Fund may be withdrawn by the patient for a purpose that, in the responsible person’s opinion, is for the benefit, use or enjoyment of the patient.