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Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017

Assessment and treatment of persons suffering from severe substance addiction - Rights of patients - Rights applicable to all patients

55: Rights in case of visual or audio recording

You could also call this:

"Your rights when someone records you, like during an interview or treatment, are protected by law."

Illustration for Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017

If someone wants to record you, like during an interview or when you are getting treatment, you have the right to know about it. You will be told if they plan to make a recording of you when you are talking to someone or when you are getting care.

You must agree to the recording, or someone who looks after you must agree, before it can happen. If you are not able to agree, the person who makes decisions for you can agree instead.

The rules about recording you are similar to rules in another law, which you can read about in section 68 of a different act.

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Part 2Assessment and treatment of persons suffering from severe substance addiction
Rights of patients: Rights applicable to all patients

55Rights in case of visual or audio recording

  1. Every patient is entitled to be informed if it is intended to make or use a visual or audio recording of the following matters:

  2. an interview with the patient:
    1. an aspect of the treatment or care of the patient.

      1. Nothing referred to in subsection (1) may be done without the prior consent of the patient or a guardian of the patient or, if the patient is dead, the patient's personal representative.

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