Records about forensic disability clients—Act, s 159
5 Records about forensic disability clients—Act, s 159
The administrator must, for each forensic disability client, keep a record containing the following information—
the client’s name and date of birth, if known;
the day the client became a forensic disability client;
the day the client was detained in the forensic disability service;
a photograph of the client taken within the last year;
a list of any adverse reactions the client has to medication;
if the director approves the client’s absence from the forensic disability service—the approved period of absence and the conditions, if any, under which the absence is approved;
if a senior practitioner, for a client’s individual development plan, authorises limited community treatment for the client—
the day of the authorisation; and
the conditions, if any, of the authorisation; and
if the conditions are changed—the day of the change; and
the day the authorisation ceases to have effect;
if a senior practitioner gives the client a notice requiring the client to return to the forensic disability service—the day the senior practitioner issues the notice;
the day the client ceases to be a forensic disability client and the reason for the cessation.
Also, the record must contain details of any decision or order made by the tribunal or Mental Health Court about the client, including, for example, the following details—
the decision or order made;
the entity that made the decision or order;
the day the decision or order was made;
the conditions, if any, of the decision or order;
if the conditions of the decision or order are changed—the day of the change;
the day the decision or order ceases to have effect.
If the information contained in a record under this section ceases to be correct, the administrator must update the record as soon as practicable after the administrator becomes aware that it is incorrect.
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