❓ Hon. Sally Talbot asked the Minister for Mental Health to publicly name a Graylands Hospital doctor who made unauthorised decisions under the Mental Health Act. The Minister refused, citing privacy provisions in the Mental Health Act 1996.
AnsweredQoN 214Legislative Council
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GRAYLANDS
HOSPITAL — PSYCHIATRIST PRACTICE
1. 214. Hon SALLY TALBOT to the Minister for Mental Health:
(1) Will the
minister make public the name of the Graylands Hospital doctor who made unauthorised decisions under the Mental Health Act?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
HOSPITAL — PSYCHIATRIST PRACTICE
1. 214. Hon SALLY TALBOT to the Minister for Mental Health:
(1) Will the
minister make public the name of the Graylands Hospital doctor who made unauthorised decisions under the Mental Health Act?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
AnswerView source ↗
(1) No.
(2) Clause 3
of schedule 2A of the Mental Health Act 1996 prohibits the publication of any
information that may identify a person who is related to, or associated with, a
party to the proceeding or is alleged to be in any other way concerned with a
State Administrative Tribunal matter.
(2) Clause 3
of schedule 2A of the Mental Health Act 1996 prohibits the publication of any
information that may identify a person who is related to, or associated with, a
party to the proceeding or is alleged to be in any other way concerned with a
State Administrative Tribunal matter.
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