Legal and ethical Issue Flashcards
What is the mental health act?
- provincial legislation regulation regulating mental health care in Ontario
- Regulates the assessment, admission and treatment of a person with a mental disorder
- Defines the rights of pt in psychiatric facilities
What is the rights of clients for voluntary admission? Exception?
- Retain all civil rights afforded to all people
- This includes the right to refuse treatment and discharge themselves at anytime
- Except if suicidal
What is the rights of clients for involuntary admission?
- Ct’s rights are under there order of someone else.
–> without their consent, they must be proven at risk for themselves or others - Lose only the right to freedom
What is a form 1?
Provides detention to allow assessment of a person mental state. Completed by MD
- Occurs when the MD reasonable believes the person is at risk of self harm, harm to others, or unable to care for self without psychiatric treatment
- Valid for up to 72 hours
What is a form 42?
Notification to the pt that he or she is now on a form 1 and the reason why. Completed by MD who is detaining the pt at the psychiatric facility
- Given promptly
- Original is given to pt and documented on form 1 when given
What is a form 2?
Filled out by the Justice of the Peace based on info presented by other members of the public. Similar to form 1.
- Valid for 7 days
What is a form 3?
Signed by a different MD than form 1
- Can last up to 14 days
- Form 4 is the renewal form of a form 3, lasting longer
- Person now becomes an involuntary pt
What is a form 30?
Notification to the pt she/he is on a form 3 and why that is completed by MD. Pt has rights to advice and right to appeal
What is a form 4?
An extension of a form 3. Longer and can be renewed
What is a form 9?
order for return. If F1 or F3 pt AWOL’s
- brought back by police
What is a form 5?
change to informal of voluntary status
What is a community treatment orders(CTO)?
Designed to deal with the ‘revolving door’ patient
- Introduced to facilitate the supervision of treatment in the community of persons who has experienced two or more admissions or 30 days to a psych facility
- Stabilize condition first before they leave the hospital, after being released the pt needs to stop regularity at a treatment facility.
What is a conservatorship?
Legal guardianship separate from civil commitment for hospitalization that is court appointed
Explain least restrictive environment?
It is an environment appropriate to meet the ct’s needs
- includes restraints and seclusion(used for the shortest time necessary
What is the two unintentional torts?
- Negligence
- Malpractice
