Record the authorisation and observation details for an inpatient seclusion or restraint
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the inpatient notes the lawyer has selected, record the kind of intervention, who authorised it, the purpose written down, any less restrictive option recorded, and any observation interval. Do not decide that the intervention was unlawful.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer matches the row to the instrument for the place of the admission.
- The tool does not decide that the intervention was unlawful.
- Do not use section 126, the definition of a relevant patient, or a New South Wales seclusion section. None was opened.
- Health information stays in a firm-controlled tool, not a public one.
Open a jurisdiction version of this task to see which instruments apply: NSWVICQLD
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Do not begin AI assistance until the responsible lawyer has defined and confirmed its permitted scope. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Record the kind of intervention in the words the note uses, who is recorded as authorising it, the purpose written down, any less restrictive option the note records, and any observation interval.
- Leave the legal test blank until the lawyer names the instrument for the place of the admission.
- Do not describe who section 126 covers. That section was not opened. Do not define a relevant patient. That definition was not opened.
- Do not state a New South Wales Act section on seclusion. None was opened. Do not move the Victorian or Queensland intervals into a file where they were not opened.
Sources
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 (Vic) s 127 · 2026-10-23
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 (Vic) s 128 · 2026-10-23
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 (Vic) s 132 · 2026-10-23
- Mental Health Act 2016 (Qld) s 256 · 2026-10-23
- Mental Health Act 2016 (Qld) s 258 · 2026-10-23
- NSW Health Policy Directive PD2020_004 (PDF) · 2026-10-23
- NSW Health catalogue page for PD2020_004 · 2026-10-23
These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.
Health information stays in a firm-controlled tool. Rule 9.1 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law Australian Solicitors' Conduct Rules 2015, as described by the Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner, and APP 11, apply. The lawyer decides whether any loss is notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
Section 132(5) says a registered nurse authorising physical restraint under subsection (4) is not required to have regard to section 131(1) and (2). Section 131 was not opened, so those matters are not described.
The New South Wales catalogue page shows obsolete and rescinded lines beside an obsolete date of 31 December 1969 and a rescinded-by line that was still loading, while the status field says Active. Those chrome lines are not treated as a rescission. The lawyer confirms which text is current.
Queensland sections 257, 259, 263 and 267, and the chief psychiatrist policy, were not opened beyond being conditions named in the sections that were read.