Requirements for use of physical restraint
270 Requirements for use of physical restraint
An authorised doctor, or a health practitioner in charge of an inpatient unit or other unit within an authorised mental health service, may authorise the use of physical restraint on a patient for 1 or more of the following purposes if there is no other reasonably practicable way to achieve the purpose—
to protect the patient or others from physical harm;
to provide treatment and care to the patient;
to prevent the patient from causing serious damage to property;
for a patient detained in an authorised mental health service—to prevent the patient from leaving the service.
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