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Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003

Status and rights of care recipients - General status and specific rights - Status generally

47: Requirement to accept care

You could also call this:

"You must follow your care plan and listen to your care manager."

Illustration for Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003

If you are a care recipient, your compulsory care is looked after by a care manager chosen by the co-ordinator. You must accept the care that is given to you as part of your court order or care and rehabilitation plan. You also have to follow every lawful direction given by your co-ordinator or care manager.

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Part 5Status and rights of care recipients
General status and specific rights: Status generally

47Requirement to accept care

  1. The compulsory care of a care recipient is entrusted to a care manager designated by the co-ordinator.

  2. A care recipient must accept the care properly given to the care recipient under the care recipient's court order or the care recipient's care and rehabilitation plan.

  3. A care recipient must comply with every lawful direction given by the care recipient's co-ordinator or care manager.