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Patient contact with others—record

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22 Patient contact with others—record

The person in charge of a secure mental health facility must record the following information in a patient’s health record:

(a)

if a decision is made under section 17 (1) (Limits on contact with others) to limit a patient’s contact with others—the decision, the reason for the decision and the period for which contact is limited;

(b)

if section 19 (Patient may request no contact with stated person) applies to the patient—the names and contact details of the people the patient does not want to be contacted by;

(c)

if section 20 (Request by others for no contact with patient) or section 21 (Patient contact with others—court-ordered restrictions) applies to the patient—the names and contact details of the people the patient must not contact.

Division 3.2 Contact—monitoring electronic communications

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