Western Australian Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1996 - SECT 19

19 .         Mental health practitioners, who are

        (1)         For the purposes of this Act a person is a mental health practitioner if he or she is —

            (a)         a psychologist; or

            (b)         a person —

                  (i)         registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) in the nursing and midwifery profession; or

                  (ii)         registered as an occupational therapist under the Occupational Therapists Act 2005 ;

                or

            (c)         a person with another recognized qualification,

                and has at least 3 years’ experience in the management of persons who have mental illnesses.

        (2)         The Chief Psychiatrist may from time to time determine that —

            (a)         a degree awarded by an Australian university upon the completion of a course in social work; or

            (b)         another qualification considered by the Chief Psychiatrist to be at least equivalent to a degree described in paragraph (a),

                is a recognized qualification for the purposes of subsection (1)(c).

        (3)         The Chief Psychiatrist may revoke or amend a determination under subsection (2).

        [Section 19 amended by No. 42 of 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 4; No. 50 of 2006 Sch. 3 cl. 14; No. 35 of 2010 s. 112(1).]