Artificial Intelligence Policy

 

Purpose

The Mental Health Practice permits the responsible use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) where it supports legitimate business activities and complies with applicable law and organisational policies.

 

Use of external AI systems

The Mental Health Practice does not currently operate a local or internally controlled AI system. Information entered into an external AI service must therefore be treated as information disclosed to a third party.

 

Users must:

• comply with the practice’s data-protection, information-security and confidentiality policies;

• never enter patient, clinical, special-category, confidential or commercially sensitive information into an external AI service;

• use only AI services approved by The Mental Health Practice;

• check AI-generated content for accuracy, bias, legality, intellectual-property concerns and suitability before using or sharing it; and

• disclose material use of AI where necessary to ensure transparency and avoid misleading others.

 

AI must not make significant decisions about individuals without appropriate authority, safeguards and meaningful human review.  Responsibility for decisions and published work remains with the person using the AI.

 

Any legal authorities, case citations, quotations or references produced by AI must be independently checked against a reliable primary source before use.

 

Suspected data breaches, harmful outputs or inappropriate uses must be reported promptly to the Information and Business Monitor (“IBM”).

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Any breach of this policy will be investigated and addressed appropriately.

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The IBM is Sean Waters.