Mental Health — Canada — Northwest Territories law | Esheria

Mental Health

This part sets rules for voluntary and involuntary admission to designated mental health facilities and gives detained or admitted patients information and rights.

Jurisdiction
Canada — Northwest Territories
Instrument
Act or statute
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
en
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appeals certificate cancellation disclosure facility standards hearings hospital admission involuntary admission involuntary assessment medical decision-making notice and review patient assessment patient capacity patient information patient records patient rights public access restrictions regulatory powers representation substitute decision makers treatment decisions voluntary admission

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About this statute

This part sets rules for voluntary and involuntary admission to designated mental health facilities and gives detained or admitted patients information and rights. This part requires designated-facility staff and other informers to help patients understand their rights, gives patients a right to a second medical examination before discharge in some cases, and sets rules for involuntary assessment, admission, transfer, and treatment decisions. The attending medical practitioner must assess a patient’s ability to make treatment decisions after admission, issue a certificate if the patient is not mentally competent, and review or cancel that certificate if competence returns. This provision sets assessment, cancellation, notice, and review steps for involuntary patients and assisted community treatment certificates. Review panels must schedule hearings, give seven days’ written notice, and generally hold hearings in private, but they may allow the public in if consent and no serious harm or injustice are found.

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