Social Legislative Flashcards
Defines how and when a person may be brought into a psychiatric facility and the terms under which that person may be admitted and detained within the facility
Governs the treatment of all persons who need mental health care in Ontario
The mental health act
Outlines how to determine if a person is capable of making decisions about admission or treatment and capable of giving informed consent
Details how to identify an appropriate substitute decision maker.
What to do if the SDM is not making appropriate choices for the patient
The Health Care Consent ACT
The ability to understand information (relevant to treatment decisions) and to appreciate the consequences of a decision or lack of it.
Competence
The degree to which one is able to understand information and to appreciate the consequences of a decision or lack of it
Capacity
An independent tribunal consists of ____ members.
1-5 members
Hears and decides cases governed by the Mental Health ACT, Substitute decisions Act, Health Care Consent ACT and Long Term Care Acts.
Independent Tribunal
If the person is admin involuntarily or is between the ages of 12-15 there must be on the board _____.?
▫️one lawyer
▫️one psychiatrist
▫️one community member
deals with long term arrangements for substitute decision making.
- powers of atty. for property, finances, and personal care
- how these attorneys may be obtained
- also defines guardianship
- outlines the powers and rules governing attorneys and guardians
Substitute Decisions Act
Deals with the issues surrounding the assessment and commitment criteria for persons in the community with a serious mental disorder
Changes to the Mental Health ACT that introduced Community Treatment Orders (2000)
Brian’s Law (Bill 68)
Comprehensive plan of community-based treatment of care and supervision that is less restrictive than being detained in a psychiatric facility
For those who require psychiatric treatment for serious recurring mental illness.
Expires 6 months after the day they are made and are terminated unless renewed.
Community Treatment Orders
Admission to a psychiatric Facility: A person may be admitted as
▫️voluntary
▫️informal
▫️involuntarily
A person unable to control his or her actions or understand the difference between right and wrong at time of crime.
Not criminally responsible
▫️Insanity
Application by a physician for psychiatric assessment
Form 1
▫️Order for examination
▫️completed by a justice of the peace
▫️authorizes that person can be brought to hospital for examination y physician
Form 2
▫️Certificate of Involuntarily admission
▫️completed by a physician but not the one that completed the Form 1
▫️purpose is to either continue to detain a person under a from 1 for more than 72 hrs or change the status of an informal or voluntary patient to involuntary status
▫️person cannot leave facility for 14 calendar days
▫️Form 3
