Thread: Licensing and mental illness

right heres my story .Iam a psychiatric nurse (43yrs),i suffer from depression(25yrs+)and am on medication. When it came to my FAL renewal I was straight up with the boys in blue ,and gave em the OK to talk to my GP about it .sweet as ,all sorted.
Access to firearms In terms of mental health Is always foremost in my present forensic setting.should anyone i nurse show more than a passing interest Its noted.anyone with active firearms experience or military experience -also noted. Why -because eventually that person could potentially have access to firearms to either self harm(suicide)or the other. Its also a question which is often asked of whanua.betyter safe than sorry!
N z's mental health system has built in protocols re driving license-automatic revocation and the forms placed on file&computer, if you are detained in a under compulsory status and this requires permisson of the govt transport HQ in wellington to be reinstated following a very arduous assessment process.have dealt with more than one who ran foul of the boys in blue based on that one.
now I hear you say "he can check up on anyone _NO!Under present privacy laws and employer legislation its a sackable offence for me to even attempt to Access MY OWN RECORDS. communications to police ,dsw ,sis etc is allowed under specifically set out criteria within privacy laws ,but this would be undertaken normally by someone miles higher up the command structure than me.
yessiree you read it right -I own that info ,but because I am not actively nursing me its regarded as a gross invasion of privacy.at times i may be away from my parent unit and have to access certain info but even then protocols are in place and make no mistake these are rigorously checked.
BTWnothdude -bloody nice summary that Its got it in a nutshell. Add socks to the list of dangerous weapons too -the last successful suicide i was involved in hung themseves from the bedroom door with nknotted socks.,successfully too ,despite my cuttin off the socks and us doing CPRfor 15mins flat tack!