The Law Handbook 2024

850 Section 8: Disability, mental illness and the law healthcare providers in Victoria, including mental health and psychiatric services. For more information, see Chapter 8.2: Disability: Asserting your rights, and Chapter 12.2: Privacy and your rights. Both the Chief Psychiatrist and the Victorian Health Complaints Commissioner must act compatibly with human rights in making decisions. For the Victorian Health Complaints Com­ missioner’s contact details, see below. Contacts Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (Ahpra) Tel: 1300 419 495 Web: www.ahpra.gov.au Chief Psychiatrist Tel: 1300 767 299 Email: ocp@health.vic.gov.au Web: www.health.vic.gov.au/chief-psychiatrist Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) 570 Bourke Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Tel: 1300 947 820 Email: imhacontact@imha.vic.gov.au Web: www.imha.vic.gov.au Mental Health Legal Centre Suite 2, Level 2, 491–495 King Street, West Melbourne Vic 3003 Tel: 9629 4422 Web: https://mhlc.org.au Online Help: https://pathways.mhlc.org.au/mhlc-online- help.html Mental Health Tribunal Victoria (MHT) Level 30, 570 Bourke Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Tel: 9032 3200; 1800 242 703 Email: mht@mht.vic.gov.au Web: www.mht.vic.gov.au Mental Health Victoria Level 6, 136 Exhibition Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Tel: 9519 7000 Email: mhvic@mhvic.org.au Web: www.mhvic.org.au Second Psychiatric Opinion Service Tel: 1300 503 426 Email: SecondPsychiatricOpinion@mh.org.au Web: www.secondopinion.org.au Health Complaints Commissioner Level 26, 570 Bourke Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Tel: 1300 582 113 Web: www.hcc.vic.gov.au Human Rights Law Centre Level 17, 461 Bourke Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Tel: 8636 4450 Email: admin@hrlc.org.au Web: www.hrlc.org.au Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Level 26, 570 Bourke Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Tel: 1800 246 054 Email: help@mhwc.vic.gov.au Web: www.mhwc.vic.gov.au Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service 273 High Street, Preston Vic 3072 Tel: 9418 5999; 1800 064 865 Web: www.vals.org.au Victoria Legal Aid Level 9, 570 Bourke Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Tel: 1300 792 387 Web: www.legalaid.vic.gov.au Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council (VMIAC) Level 3, 211 Chapel Street, Prahran Vic 3181 Tel: 9380 3900 Email: reception@vmiac.org.au Web: www.vmiac.org.au For other relevant organisations, see ‘Contacts’ at the end of Chapter 8.1: Understanding disability and the law.