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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2000 - SECT 499

499 Appointment of authorised mental health practitioners

(1) The director may appoint a health practitioner to be an authorised mental health practitioner if the practitioner is—

(a) a health service employee of an authorised mental health service; or
(b) an officer or employee of the department.

(2) However, a health practitioner may be appointed to be an authorised mental health practitioner only if, in the director's opinion, the practitioner has the necessary expertise and experience to be an authorised mental health practitioner.


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