Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003
Reviews of condition and status of care recipients - Condition of every care recipient to be reviewed
80: Specialist assessor to send certificate and reports to certain persons
You could also call this:
"Specialist assessor shares their report with your care team"
When you are a care recipient, a specialist assessor looks at your condition and gives a certificate. The specialist assessor must send a copy of this certificate to your care manager and to the co-ordinator.
If you are a special care recipient, the specialist assessor also sends the certificate to the Director-General.
The specialist assessor sends their reasons for their opinion on your condition and any relevant reports from other specialist assessors.
The specialist assessor must give or send these documents as they are required to do so under section 79.
This means you get to see what the specialist assessor thinks about your condition.
The specialist assessor's opinion helps decide what care you need.
You can see the specialist assessor's certificate and reports because they send them to the people who help you with your care.
These people use the information to make sure you get the right care.
The specialist assessor's documents are an important part of making sure you receive the care you need.
81: Co-ordinator to send copy of certificate to certain persons, or
"Sending a copy of a care certificate to the person and their important supporters"
Part 6Reviews of condition and status of care recipients Condition of every care recipient to be reviewed
80Specialist assessor to send certificate and reports to certain persons
A specialist assessor who has given a certificate, under section 79, on a care recipient must give or send to the care recipient's care manager and to the co-ordinator, and, in the case of a special care recipient, also to the Director-General, a copy of—
the certificate; and
full particulars of the reasons for his or her opinion on the care recipient's condition; and
any relevant reports from other specialist assessors involved in the case.
