MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2013 (NO. 2 OF 2013) - SECT 160 Visits
MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2013 (NO. 2 OF 2013) - SECT 160
Division 3 - Visits and complaints Visits
(1) The Principal Official Visitor must arrange for each approved facility to be visited by an Official Visitor at least once a month.(2) The Principal Official Visitor must arrange for an Official Visitor to visit premises in or from which a patient is being provided with services under this Act if requested to do so by (a) the patient; or(b) a representative or support person of the patient; or(c) a person who, in the opinion of the Principal Official Visitor, has a genuine interest in the patient's welfare; or(d) the Minister for Health.(3) The Principal Official Visitor is not obliged to comply with subsection (2)(a) in respect of any premises if (a) those premises have been visited by an Official Visitor in the month immediately preceding the making of the relevant request; or(b) the Principal Official Visitor considers the relevant request to be frivolous or vexatious.(4) A visit under this section may be made with or without notice.(5) A visit to an SMHU under this section is subject to statutory or other reasonable requirements relating to the management, good order and discipline of the SMHU.