Chief Psychiatrist: standard operating procedures and guidelines
For definitions of terms used on this page, you can also refer to definitions of terms used in the Act.
Standard operating procedures
- Appointing a delegate
- Appointing a mental health officer
- Psychiatric treatment orders
- Use of seclusion
- Use of restraint
- Mental Health Officer Handbook
Guidelines
- Mental Health (Contravention of Mental Health Order) Guidelines 2024 (No 1)
- Mental Health (Use of Restraint) Guidelines 2022 (No 1)
- Mental Health (Use of Seclusion) Guidelines 2022 (No 1)
Approved mental health facilities
- Mental Health (Facility) Approval 2016 (No 1)
- Mental Health (Facility) Approval 2016 (No 4)
- Mental Health (Facility) Approval 2018 (No 1)
- Mental Health (Facility) Approval 2021 (No 2)
- Mental Health (Facility) Approval 2023 (No 1)
Approved community care facilities
- Mental Health (Community Care Facility) Approval 2016 (No 1)
- Mental Health (Community Care Facility) Approval 2016 (No 2)
- Mental Health (Community Care Facility) Approval 2016 (No 4)
- Mental Health (Community Care Facility) Approval 2018 (No 1)
- Mental Health (Community Care Facility) Approval 2023 (No 1)