Mental Health Care Act, 2002 (Act No. 17 of 2002)RegulationsRegulations for Licensing Community Mental Health Day Care and Residential Care Facilities for People with Mental Illness and or Severe or Profound Intellectual Disability, 2025 - effective 20 December 202616. Mental health care user accommodation and infrastructure |
| (1) | Mental health care user accommodation must meet minimum space as contemplated in the National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act, 1977 (Act No. 103 of 1977). |
| (2) | The rooms for mental health care users must be cleaned daily and kept hygienic and free from offensive odours in terms of National Environmental Health Norms and Standards for Premises for Acceptable Monitoring Standards for Environmental Health Practitioners, Notice 229 of 2015 Government Gazette No. 39561 of 03 December 2015. |
| (3) | A mental health care user's room may not be used to accommodate children, adolescents, and adults together except users who are functionally dependent and accommodated in facilities that provide assisted or supported living. |
| (4) | A mental health care user's room may not accommodate both males and females together in the room except users who are functionally dependent and accommodated in facilities that provide total care. |