Singapore legislation

Section 35

of Mental Capacity Act 2008

Section 35

Board of Visitors

(1)

The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint persons to be members of a Board of Visitors.

(2)

The Board of Visitors consists of —

(a)

Special Visitors; and

(b)

General Visitors.

(3)

A person is not qualified to be a Special Visitor unless he or she —

(a)

is a registered medical practitioner or appears to the Minister to have other suitable qualifications or training; and

(b)

appears to the Minister to have special knowledge of and experience in cases of impairment of or disturbance in the functioning of the mind or brain.

(4)

A General Visitor need not have a medical qualification.

(5)

A member of the Board of Visitors —

(a)

may be appointed for such term and subject to such conditions; and

(b)

may be paid such remuneration and allowances,as the Minister may determine.

(6)

For the purpose of carrying out his or her functions under this Act in relation to a person who lacks capacity (“P”), a member of the Board of Visitors may, at all reasonable times, examine and take copies of —

(a)

any health record; and

(b)

any record held by any person and compiled in connection with a social services function,so far as the record relates to P.

(7)

A member of the Board of Visitors may also for that purpose interview P in private.

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