Mandating Procedures of Provinces Act, 2008
R 385
Mental Health Care Act, 2002 (Act No. 17 of 2002)RegulationsGeneral RegulationsChapter 1 : Quality Standards and Norms3. Decision by Head of health establishment |
| (1) | When a head of a health establishment makes a decision in terms of these Regulations that falls outside his or her scope of professional practice, he or she must act after consultation with the mental health care practitioner that conducted the assessment and or any other mental health practitioner. |
[Regulation 3(1) substituted by regulation 4 of Notice No. 1590, GG 40515, dated 23 December 2016]
| (2) | The duties and functions to be performed by the head of a health establishment in terms of the Act or these Regulations may in the absence of such head, be performed by the person appointed in writing by the head of the health establishment to act as head of such health establishment in his or her absence. |
[Regulation 3(2) substituted by regulation 4 of Notice No. 1590, GG 40515, dated 23 December 2016]
