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Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003

Needs assessments and care and rehabilitation plans - Assessment of care and rehabilitation needs

17: When needs assessment process to be commenced

You could also call this:

"When someone starts checking what help you need"

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The co-ordinator must start the needs assessment process for you. This happens at different times depending on your situation. If you are referred to in section 15(a), it starts as soon as possible after a requirement under the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 takes effect.

If you are referred to in section 15(b) and have not been assessed before, it starts as soon as possible after a relevant order under the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 is made. If you are referred to in section 15(c), it starts as soon as possible after the co-ordinator gets a report about your assessment. If you are a patient referred to in section 15(d), it starts as soon as possible after you are moved to a facility.

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Part 3Needs assessments and care and rehabilitation plans
Assessment of care and rehabilitation needs

17When needs assessment process to be commenced

  1. The co-ordinator must initiate the needs assessment process,—

  2. in the case of a person referred to in section 15(a), as soon as practicable after the requirement under the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 takes effect; and
    1. in the case of a person who is referred to in section 15(b) and who has not previously been assessed in accordance with a requirement of the kind mentioned in section 15(a), as soon as practicable after the relevant order under the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 is made; and
      1. in the case of a person referred to in section 15(c), as soon as practicable after the co-ordinator receives the report that sets out the assessment; and
        1. in the case of a patient referred to in section 15(d), as soon as practicable after the patient is removed to a facility.