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Powers and duties of directors. 8 A director must ensure (a) that each patient admitted to the designated facility is provided with professional service, care and treatment appropriate to the patient's condition and appropriate to the function of the designated facility and, for those purposes, a director may sign consent to treatment forms for a patient detained under section 22, 28, 29, 30 ...
- Mental Health Regulation - BC Laws
(4.2) A medical certificate under section 22 (2) of the Act...
- Mental Health Regulation - BC Laws
- Part 1 — Interpretation
- Part 2 — Administration
- Part 3 — Admission and Detention of Patients
- Part 4 — Regulations
1In this Act: "approved home"means a home selected and approved under the regulations made under this Act; "court"means the Supreme Court; "director"means a person who is appointed in charge of a Provincial mental health facility and includes a person authorized by a director to exercise a power or carry out a duty conferred or imposed on the direc...
2The Lieutenant Governor in Council may establish and maintain facilities and services for the examination, diagnosis and treatment of mentally disordered persons and the rehabilitation of patients and for that purpose may, by order, authorize the minister, for the government, to acquire, manage and operate property. 3(1) The minister may designate...
18Despite anything in this Act, a director or person who has authority to admit persons to a Provincial mental health facility must not admit a person to a Provincial mental health facility if (a) suitable accommodation is not available within the Provincial mental health facility for the care, treatment and maintenance of the patient, or (b) in th...
43(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations referred to in sec-tion 41 of the Interpretation Act. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations as follows: (a) prescribing forms; (b) for the selection, approval and operation of approved homes; (c) governing the establishment, developm...
(b)an assessment of whether there is a significant risk that the patient, if discharged, will as a result of mental disorder fail to follow the treatment plan the director or a physician authorized by the director considers necessary to minimize the possibility that the patient will again be detained under section 22.
(a) that each patient admitted to the designated facility is provided with professional service, care and treatment appropriate to the patient's condition and appropriate to the function of the designated facility and, for those purposes, a director may sign consent to treatment forms for a patient detained under section 22, 28, 29, 30 or 42,
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(4.2) A medical certificate under section 22 (2) of the Act must be in Form 4.2. (5) A consent for treatment for a patient admitted under section 22, 28, 29 or 42 of the Act must be in Form 5. (6) A medical report to authorize renewal of detention under section 24 (2) of the Act must be in Form 6.
Patients detained in hospital under 1 or 2 admission certificates, or community treatment orders, have many rights. Read about patient rights. Patient discharge notification. Notice of discharge is required to be given to: the patient's guardian, if any; the patient's nearest relative, unless the patient being discharged objects on reasonable ...
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The detention may be for no more than 72 hours. In that time, a different physician must assess the condition of the patient. Any patient detained involuntarily is entitled to a hearing before the province’s Consent and Capacity Board. The patient has a right to retain counsel. Two opinions are needed to maintain the detention.
