(7) The Authority established under subsection (1) shall carry out the following functions.__
(a) advise the Government on all matters relating to promotion of mental health and
prevention of mental disorder;
(b) develop and establish new national standards for care and treatment of patients;
(c) recommend measures to improve existing mental health services and setting up of child
and adolescence, psychogeriatric, forensic, learning disability and community based
services;
(d) prescribe procedures with respect to setting up and functioning of the mental health
services and facilities;
(e) prescribe a code of practice to be implemented for achieving the purposes and objects of
this Ordinance as well as to be followed by all the mental health personnel involved with
the care of patients under this Ordinance;
(f) provide for regular review by the Board of Visitors to ensure that the provisions of this
Ordinance for assessment and treatment are being properly carried out, whether or not
requested by any individual, patient or his relative;
(g) prescribe for care, aftercare or rehabilitation, under supervision or otherwise;
(h) provide for and regulate the setting up of help lines and crisis centres for the general
public with regard to mental health;
(i) provide for, organize and regulate public awareness programs and promote research,
publish journals, bulletins, magazines, and other educational material on mental health
issues;
(j) discharge such other functions with respect to matters relating to mental health as the
Government may require;
(k) register psychiatrists for the purposes of this Ordinance, in such manner as may be
prescribed; and
(l) arrange and organize such courses and training programs as may be necessary for carrying
out the purposes and objects of this Ordinance.
(8) The Authority may, by notification in the official gazette, make regulations in respect of
functions specified in subsection (7).
4. Constitution of Board of Visitors.__ (1) The Authority shall, in consultation with the
Government concerned, establish Boards of Visitors for carrying out the purposes of this Ordinance
as hereinafter provided.
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