Section 7: Functions of Board The Board shall

(a) monitor and advise Government on mental health services and mental health units in Uganda; (b) monitor the implementation of this Act; (c) accredit private mental health units to treat mental illness; (d) set standards for mental health units and inspect and monitor the performance of mental health units to ensure that they meet the prescribed standards; (e) review any matter referred to it by a patient, a relative or a concerned person, concerning the treatment of the patient in a mental health unit and in particular of a patient on involuntary admission and treatment or a prisoner with mental illness and where necessary, take or advise the mental health unit to take the necessary remedial action; (f) provide guidelines for the requisite competencies required for the review of cases of involuntary treatment, forensic and capacity assessment by the mental health practitioners and periodically review the guidelines; (g) promote and protect the rights of persons with mental illness; (h) commission research into emerging issues on mental health; (i) promote public awareness on mental health and mental illness; and (j) carry out any other function necessary for the implementation of this Act.