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Chief Psychiatrist’s guideline outlining the legal and clinical framework for conducting searches of patients and their belongings in Victorian mental health inpatient units under the Mental Health Act 2014.
Title: Criteria for searches to maintain safety in an inpatient unit
Issuing authority: Chief Psychiatrist
Jurisdiction: Victoria
Country: Australia
Legislation referenced: Mental Health Act 2014
Note: Legislation referenced Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004
Applicable to: Victorian mental health service providers
Scope: Public inpatient mental health units including services for children, young people, adults and older people
Exclusions: PARCS, community care units, community-based clinical mental health services, mental health community support services, Forensicare, private psychiatric services, services in correctional settings
Target audience: Authorised persons and clinical staff in designated mental health services
Subject: Search processes for patients, belongings and rooms in inpatient units
Document type: Clinical and legal guideline
Purpose: Framework for conducting searches to manage clinical and environmental risk while respecting patients’ rights
Price: 8 / 10 USD
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