Western Australian Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1996 - SECT 20

20 .         Authorised mental health practitioners, designation of

        (1)         The Chief Psychiatrist may, by order published in the Gazette  —

            (a)         designate as an authorised mental health practitioner any mental health practitioner who in the opinion of the Chief Psychiatrist has qualifications, training and experience appropriate for the performance of the functions vested in an authorised mental health practitioner by sections 29 and 63;

            (b)         revoke any such designation.

        (2)         An order under subsection (1) may specify limits within which the person may perform the functions vested in a mental health practitioner by sections 29 and 63.

        (3)         The Chief Psychiatrist may, by order published in the Gazette , vary any limits specified under subsection (2).

        (4)         The regulations may make provision as to —

            (a)         qualifications, training, and experience that the Chief Psychiatrist is to regard as appropriate for the purposes of subsection (1)(a); and

            (b)         the performance by authorised mental health practitioners of their functions; and

            (c)         any notifications required to be given by authorised mental health practitioners to the Chief Psychiatrist; and

            (d)         grounds on which a person’s designation as an authorised mental health practitioner may be revoked.