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Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017

Assessment and treatment of persons suffering from severe substance addiction - Administration and public assistance - Clinicians

94: Responsible clinicians

You could also call this:

"Who is in charge of your care when you're getting help for substance addiction"

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The Area Director makes sure a responsible clinician is assigned to you at all times when you are a patient. This clinician can visit you in the treatment centre without telling you first. They must be allowed to see you and have access to your records and other information about you.

A responsible clinician has certain rights, including being able to visit you and see your records. They must be given access to you and your information at all times. This is part of the rules that the treatment centre must follow.

You can find more information about this rule by looking at the related legislation from 1992. The Area Director is in charge of making sure this rule is followed. This rule is an important part of how the treatment centre works.

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Part 2Assessment and treatment of persons suffering from severe substance addiction
Administration and public assistance: Clinicians

94Responsible clinicians

  1. The Area Director must ensure that a responsible clinician is assigned to every patient at all times.

  2. A responsible clinician—

  3. may, at any time and without previous notice, visit a patient to whom the clinician has been assigned in the treatment centre where the patient is; and
    1. must be given access to the patient; and
      1. must be given access to the patient’s records and any other information concerning the patient that is held by the treatment centre.

        Compare
        • 1992 No 46 s 7