Queensland Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 252

252 Removal of mechanical restraint before authorisation ends

(1) The chief psychiatrist must direct an authorised doctor, or the health practitioner in charge of the unit, to end the use of mechanical restraint on a relevant patient, before the end time stated in the authorisation under section 250 , if the chief psychiatrist is satisfied the use of mechanical restraint on the relevant patient is no longer necessary to protect the relevant patient or others from physical harm.

(2) An authorised doctor must end the use of mechanical restraint on a relevant patient, before the end time stated in the authorisation under section 250 , if the authorised doctor is satisfied the use of mechanical restraint on the relevant patient is no longer necessary to protect the relevant patient or others from physical harm.

(3) The health practitioner in charge of the unit must end the use of mechanical restraint on a relevant patient, before the end time stated in the authorisation under section 250 , if—

(a) the authorisation states a health practitioner may end the use of mechanical restraint before the end time; and

(b) the health practitioner is satisfied the use of mechanical restraint on the relevant patient is no longer necessary to protect the relevant patient or others from physical harm.

(4) If the health practitioner in charge of the unit ends the use of mechanical restraint under subsection (3) , the health practitioner must tell the authorised doctor who gave the authorisation as soon as practicable after the use is ended.