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Victorian statement of rights - Forensic patients
If you are a forensic patient, you can be given mental health treatment, even if you don't want it. Treatment can be medication such as tablets or injections.
Statements of rights are documents that set out a person’s rights and the processes that apply while a person is receiving a mental health and wellbeing service under the Act. Statements of rights are approved by the Chief Officer for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
- Organisation:
- Topic:
- Target audience:
- General
- Service area:
- VIC
- Published:
- September 2023
- Last reviewed:
- June 2026
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