South Australian Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1993 - SECT 9

9—Register of patients

        (1)         The director of an approved treatment centre must keep or cause to be kept records relating to every patient admitted into the centre.

        (2)         The records must be kept in a form approved by the Minister and set out—

            (a)         the name and address of each such patient; and

            (b)         the nature of any mental or bodily illness or incapacity from which he or she suffers; and

            (c)         full particulars of the treatment administered to the patient and of the authorisation for that treatment; and

            (d)         if the patient dies, the time, date and cause of death; and

            (e)         such other information as may be prescribed.