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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2007 - SECT 134A Request by patient or other person at other health facility to see official visitor

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2007 - SECT 134A

Request by patient or other person at other health facility to see official visitor

134A Request by patient or other person at other health facility to see official visitor

(1) A person referred to in section 18 (2) who is detained in a health facility other than a mental health facility, or a designated carer or the principal care provider of the person, may notify the medical superintendent of the health facility that the person, carer or care provider desires to see an official visitor.
(2) The medical superintendent must inform the Principal official visitor of the person's or carer's or care provider's desire to see an official visitor not later than 2 days after receiving the notification.
(3) The Principal official visitor is to arrange for an official visitor to visit the health facility as soon as reasonably practicable.
(4) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following--
(a) the functions of an official visitor who visits a health facility under this section,
(b) the obligations of the medical superintendent of a health facility in respect of a visit under this section.