Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

OFFICIAL VISITOR AMENDMENT ACT 2013 (NO. 22 OF 2013) - SECT 7

after the note, insert

    (1A)     The official visitor may when at the visitable place inspect—

        (a)     any health record or any other record relating to an entitled person at the visitable place if the official visitor has the entitled person's—

              (i)     written consent; or

              (ii)     oral consent, if a written record of the consent is made by a person who heard the consent being given; and

        (b)     any other record required to be kept under the operational Act.

Examples—other record relating to an entitled person

for an entitled person in a mental health facility—dietary plans, behavioural plans, records about seclusion or chemical restraint, day plans, lists of rostered carers