Victorian Consolidated Regulations

MENTAL HEALTH REGULATIONS 2008

S.R. No. 111/2008
Version as at 21 September 2008

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Regulation Page

   PART 1-PRELIMINARY

   1.      Objective
   2.      Authorising provision
   3.      Commencement and revocation
   4.      Definition

   PART 2-INVOLUNTARY PATIENTS

   5.      Prescribed definitions
   6.      Initiation of involuntary treatment
   7.      Special warrant
   8.      Involuntary treatment orders

   PART 3-PATIENT'S RIGHTS

   9.      Statements to be provided to persons on becoming patients
   10.     Treatment plans
   11.     Statements to be provided with respect to treatment

   PART 4-ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY

   12.     Application for licence to perform electroconvulsive therapy
   13.     Licence to perform electroconvulsive therapy
   14.     Application for renewal of licence
   15.     Application for amendment of licence
   16.     Monthly return by licence holder

   PART 5-REGISTER OF MAJOR NON-PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT

   17.     Register of major non-psychiatric treatment

   PART 6-PATIENT'S MONEY

   18.     Limits on Patients Trust Account

   PART 7-COMMUNITY VISITORS

           Division 1-Record of visits by community visitors

   19.     Prescribed particulars for record of visits

           Division 2-Election of community visitors to the Community (Psychiatric Services) Visitors Board

   20.     When elections must be held
   21.     Returning officer appointed
   22.     Notice of an election
   23.     Information in notice
   24.     Nomination and polling days
   25.     Method of nominating
   26.     Form of nomination paper
   27.     Withdrawal of nomination
   28.     Contested election
   29.     Order of names on ballot paper
   30.     Distribution of ballot papers
   31.     Candidate's personal statement
   32.     Method of voting
   33.     Manner of lodging vote
   34.     Receipt of reply paid return envelopes
   35.     Invalid votes
   36.     Method of counting votes and declaration of result
   37.     Recounts
   38.     Disputes
   39.     Notification of the election results
   40.     Custody and destruction of election papers

           Division 3-Casual vacancies

   41.     Method for filling casual vacancies
   42.     Transitional provisions for the Community (Psychiatric
           Services) Visitors Board

   PART 8-MISCELLANEOUS

   43.     Release of patient information
   44.     Recommendation fee
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           SCHEDULE 1-Form of Request for a Person to Receive Involuntary Treatment
           SCHEDULE 2-Form of Recommendation for a Person to receive Involuntary Treatment
           SCHEDULE 3-Form of Authority to Transport Involuntary Patient
           SCHEDULE 4.

           Form 1-Particulars of Use of Restraint

           Form 2-Particulars of Use of Sedation
           SCHEDULE 5-Special warrant
           SCHEDULE 6-Involuntary Treatment Order
           SCHEDULE 7-Statement of Legal Rights and Entitlements and other Information-Involuntary Patient
           SCHEDULE 8-Statement of Legal Rights and Entitlements and other Information-Restricted Involuntary Treatment Orders
           SCHEDULE 9-Statement of Legal Rights and Entitlements and other Information-Security Patient
           SCHEDULE 10-Statement of Legal Rights and Entitlements and other Information-Continuing Treatment Involuntary Patient (Section 12A-12D)
           SCHEDULE 11-Statement of Legal Rights and Entitlements and other Information-Forensic Patient
           SCHEDULE 12-Statement of Legal Rights and Entitlements and other Information-Assessment Orders; Diagnosis, Assessment and Treatment Orders
           SCHEDULE 13-Statement of Legal Rights and Entitlements and other Information-Forensic Patient (Remand and Interim Disposition Orders)
           SCHEDULE 14-Statement of Legal Rights and Entitlements and other Information-Electroconvulsive Therapy
           SCHEDULE 15-Statement of Legal Rights and Entitlements and other Information-Psychosurgery
           SCHEDULE 16-Statement of Legal Rights and Entitlements and other Information-Major Non-Psychiatric Treatment
           SCHEDULE 17-Application for Licence to Permit the Performance
           of Electroconvulsive Therapy
           SCHEDULE 18-Licence Authorising Performance of
           Electroconvulsive Therapy
           SCHEDULE 19-Application for Renewal of an Electroconvulsive Therapy Licence
           SCHEDULE 20-Application for Amendment of an Electroconvulsive Therapy Licence
           SCHEDULE 21-Form of Register of Major Non-Psychiatric Treatment
           SCHEDULE 22-Record of Visits by Community Visitors Return for the Month of
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           ENDNOTES
           1. General Information
           2. Table of Amendments
           3. Explanatory Details