Queensland Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 231

231 Obligation to notify public guardian

(1) This section applies if a minor is admitted to—

(a) a high security unit; or

(b) an inpatient mental health unit of an authorised mental health service, other than a child and adolescent unit.

(2) The administrator of the authorised mental health service must, within 72 hours after the minor is admitted, give the public guardian written notice of the admission.

(3) The administrator of an authorised mental health service may enter into arrangements with the chief psychiatrist for the giving of notices under subsection (2) , on behalf of the administrator, to the public guardian.

(4) In this section—

"child and adolescent unit" means an inpatient mental health unit of an authorised mental health service that provides treatment and care only to minors or young adults.

Example—

an inpatient mental health unit of an authorised mental health service that admits only minors, or patients between 16 and 21 years

"inpatient mental health unit" , of an authorised mental health service, means a part of the service to which patients are admitted for treatment and care and discharged on a day other than the day of admission.