Chief psychiatrist may give written direction about seclusion
257 Chief psychiatrist may give written direction about seclusion
The chief psychiatrist may give an authorised mental health service a written direction stating any of the following—
that no relevant patients may be kept in seclusion;
that a class of relevant patients may not be kept in seclusion;
that a particular relevant patient may not be kept in seclusion;
requirements about the way in which all relevant patients, a class of relevant patients, or a particular relevant patient are to be kept in seclusion;
that all relevant patients, a class of relevant patients, or a particular relevant patient may be kept in seclusion only if the seclusion is provided for under a reduction and elimination plan for the relevant patient approved under section 267.
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