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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.