South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts15—Patients to be given statement of their rights on initial admission
(1) Where a patient is
detained in an approved treatment centre, the director must ensure that the
patient is given, upon commencement of the detention or as soon as practicable
thereafter, a printed statement in the prescribed form—
(a)
informing the patient of his or her legal rights; and
(b)
containing such other information as may be prescribed.
(2) Wherever possible,
the statement should be in the language with which the patient is most
familiar.
(3) If a patient is
illiterate, or too disturbed to read and comprehend the statement, the
director must take such steps (if any) as may be practicable in the
circumstances to convey the information contained in the statement to the
patient.
(4) Where there is a
relative of the patient whose whereabouts is known to or readily ascertainable
by the director, the director must, unless he or she is of the opinion that it
would not be in the best interests of the patient to do so, cause a copy of
the statement referred to in subsection (1) to be sent, or given, to that
relative as soon as practicable after the commencement of the detention.