Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003

Administration - Co-ordinators, care managers, and district inspectors

141: Designation of care manager

You could also call this:

"Choosing a care manager to help you with your care"

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When you are getting help because of an intellectual disability, a co-ordinator must choose a care manager for you. This happens when an assessment starts, as outlined in section 32, or when you get a court order and do not already have a care manager. The co-ordinator picks a care manager for you based on these rules. You will have a care manager to help you with your care.

The co-ordinator can change your care manager at any time by telling you and the new care manager. This means you might get a different care manager if the co-ordinator decides to make a change. The new care manager will be someone who works for a service that helps people.

The care manager must work for a service that helps people, like a hospital or a support organisation. The co-ordinator must follow any rules in your court order when choosing or changing your care manager. This ensures your care manager is the right person to help you with your needs.

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140: Compulsory care co-ordinators, or

"People to help with compulsory care are chosen by the Director-General of Health."

142: Co-ordinator or care manager may delegate powers, or

"A care manager can pass on some of their jobs to someone else, but they still keep control."

Part 11Administration
Co-ordinators, care managers, and district inspectors

141Designation of care manager

The co-ordinator must designate a care manager for every care recipient—
for whom an assessment is initiated in accordance with section 32; or
who becomes subject to a court order, and who does not have a care manager designated under paragraph (a).

The co-ordinator may at any time, by notice to the individual concerned, revoke a designation under subsection (1) and designate another individual as the care manager of the care recipient.
The individual designated under subsection (1) or subsection (2) must be an employee or agent of a service.
When the co-ordinator designates a care manager for a care recipient or revokes a designation, the co-ordinator must follow every relevant direction contained in the care recipient's court order.