Patient contact with others—court-ordered restrictions
21 Patient contact with others—court-ordered restrictions
This section applies if a court orders that a patient is not to contact another person (the non‑contactable person).
The director-general must take reasonable steps to prevent the patient contacting the non-contactable person.
Note The name and contact details of the non-contactable person must be recorded in the patient’s health record (see s 22).
The person in charge of the secure mental health facility must keep all mail from the stated patient addressed to the non‑contactable person until—
the order ends or the court orders otherwise; or
the patient is discharged from the facility.
However, if the patient is a correctional patient returning to a correctional centre, the person in charge of the facility must give all mail from the patient addressed to the non-contactable person to the corrections director-general.
Note Correctional patient—see the Mental Health Act 2015, s 135.
Corrections director-general—see the Mental Health Act 2015, dictionary.
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