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Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003

Inspections and inquiries - Inspections, investigations, and inquiries by district inspectors - Inspections

95: Visits by district inspectors

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"Inspectors check facilities to ensure you get good care"

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You have the right to care in a facility that is checked regularly. A district inspector is responsible for visiting each facility in their area at regular intervals. They must visit each facility at least twice a year, or as many times as the Director-General of Health says they should.

The district inspector can visit a facility without warning, as many times as they think is necessary. They can also visit a facility at any time and stay for as long as they need to. When they visit, they can bring a health or disability professional with them if they want to.

The district inspector can also get advice from a specialist assessor, who has the power to visit and inspect facilities. You can find out more about how this law has changed over time by looking at the Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003 and comparing it to earlier laws, such as s 96 of 1992 No 46.

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Inspections, investigations, and inquiries by district inspectors: Inspections

95Visits by district inspectors

  1. In each year, a district inspector must, at regular intervals, visit each facility—

  2. that is in the locality for which the district inspector is responsible; and
    1. in which care recipients are required to receive care.

      1. Each facility must be visited, under subsection (1), at least twice a year or on a greater number of occasions that the Director-General of Health directs for a particular facility or class of facility.

      2. The district inspector may, without previous notice, visit a facility as often as the district inspector thinks fit.

      3. The district inspector may visit a facility at any time and for any length of time that the district inspector thinks fit.

      4. A suitably qualified health or disability professional may accompany the district inspector on a particular visit to a facility.

      5. The district inspector may obtain advice on a particular matter from a specialist assessor appointed for the purpose by the co-ordinator, and that specialist assessor has, for that purpose, the powers of the district inspector to visit and inspect facilities.

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