Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The Chief Health Officer may, in writing, appoint a person to be an assessor to make assessments of persons reasonably believed to be at risk of severe harm and to exercise and perform related powers and functions under this Part.
(2) An assessor must be:
(a) a health practitioner; or
(b) a person who holds a qualification approved under subsection (5).
(3) An assessor must exercise and perform his or her powers and functions in accordance with assessment guidelines issued by the Chief Health Officer.
(4) Without limiting subsection (3), the assessment guidelines may specify the practice and procedures to be followed by an assessor in relation to the following matters:
(a) examining and making an assessment of a person;
(b) consulting a responsible adult for a child to whom an assessment application relates;
(c) preparing an assessment report;
(d) making an application for a treatment warrant.
(5) The Minister may, by Gazette notice, approve a qualification or class of qualifications for subsection (2)(b).