Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts The other functions of
the Chief Psychiatrist are —
(a) to
assist the CEO to prepare, keep under review, and carry out, a strategic plan
for the administration of mental health services for the State; and
(b) to
keep —
(i)
a register of authorised hospitals; and
(ii)
a register of authorised medical practitioners; and
(iii)
a register of authorised mental health practitioners;
and
(c) in
relation to medication used in psychiatry, to ensure that there is an
appropriate system in place for —
(i)
the maintenance of satisfactory standards; and
(ii)
the provision of information to medical practitioners
about new developments including new information about adverse drug reactions;
and
(d) to
report to the Mental Health Review Board on matters concerning the medical
care or welfare of involuntary patients; and
(e) to
advise the CEO of recommendations that the Chief Psychiatrist considers it
would be appropriate for the CEO to make to the Minister.
[Section 10 amended by No. 28 of 2006
s. 275.]