Queensland Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 203

203 Administrator’s responsibilities for treatment and care

(1) The administrator of the authorised mental health service has the following responsibilities for the patient—

(a) to take reasonable steps to ensure the patient receives—

(i) the treatment and care planned to be provided to the patient, as recorded in the patient’s health records under section 202 ; and

(ii) to the extent practicable, the treatment and care appropriate for any other illness or condition affecting the patient;

(b) to ensure the systems for recording the patient’s treatment and care, both planned and provided, can be audited;

(c) to ensure regular assessments of the patient under section 205 happen as decided by an authorised doctor for the authorised mental health service.

(2) The administrator must also take reasonable steps to ensure the patient’s treatment and care complies with the requirements of this Act.