Applications for a Review Panel hearing can be sent to the appropriate Chair for
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- The following words are often used: Facility
- Am I a formal patient or an informal patient If you decide to seek treatment and have admitted yourself to hospital, you are a
- Can my status as a formal or informal (voluntary) patient change from time to time Yes.
- What procedures may lead to formal admission
- 3. By Peace Officer’s Powers
- Once I am brought to a facility, how long can I be detained
- How long do admission or renewal certificates last Admission certificates are effective for one month from the date that the second
- What can I do if I want my admission or renewal certificates to be cancelled
- What happens after I send my application to the Review Panel Chair The Chair will set a hearing date and will give
- Do I need a lawyer It is your right to have unrestricted access to legal counsel.
- Can I get assistance If you wish, a social worker or nursing staff may help you complete the application form
- Mental Health Patient Advocate
| Applications for a Review Panel hearing can be sent to the appropriate Chair for your zone at the address below:
To help determine the appropriate Chair, a copy of the Alberta Health Services Zone Map is available at www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/ zone/ahs-map-ahs-zones.pdf
MH0003 (2016/09) Formal Patients Under The Mental Health Act Formal Patients This brochure provides patients with information about the Mental Health Act. The Mental Health Act recognizes three criteria for the issuance of admission or renewal certificates. All three of the following criteria must be present in the opinion of a physician in order for the physician to sign the certificate. 1. The person is suffering from mental disorder, 2. The person is likely to cause harm to self or others or to suffer substantial mental or physical deterioration or serious physical impairment, and 3. The person is unsuitable for admis- sion to a facility other than as a formal patient (in the case of an admission certificate) Or
The formal patient is unsuitable to continue at a facility other than as a formal patient (in the case of a renewal certificate). The following words are often used: Facility—a place or part of a place (usually a hospital) designated in the regulations as a facility.
facility on the authority of two admission certificates or two renewal certificates.
disorder of thought, mood, perception, orientation or memory that grossly impairs; (i) Judgment, (ii) Behaviour, (iii) Capacity to recognize reality, or (iv) Ability to meet the ordinary demands of life.
Am I a formal patient or an informal patient? If you decide to seek treatment and have admitted yourself to hospital, you are a voluntary or “informal” patient. If two physicians examine you and find that you are: (i)
suffering from a mental disorder, (ii) likely to cause harm to self or others or to suffer substantial mental or physical deteri- oration or serious physical impairment, and (iii) unsuitable for admission to a facility other than as a formal patient, you will have been hospitalized as a formal patient on the authority of two “admission certificates.” The hospital will: Provide you with the reasons, in simple language, why these admission certificates were issued, Give you copies of the certificates and tell you how to apply to the review panel if you want to have the certificates cancelled, Give you a brochure about how the review panels work, and Provide you with the name and address of the Chair of the review panel for the facility where you are a patient. Can my status as a formal or informal (voluntary) patient change from time to time? Yes. Your status as a formal patient will end when: the certificates expire; unless 2 physicians (one of whom must be a psychiatrist) each issue a renewal certificate, A physician cancels the certificates, The review panel cancels the certificates, or Court of Queen’s Bench cancels the certifi- cates. What procedures may lead to formal admission? Q A The Mental Health Act allows a person to be brought to a facility in order to be examined by a physician at the facility. There are three ways in which this can happen. 1. By Physician A physician may examine a person and find that the person meets each of three criteria that are specified in the Mental Health Act. If this is the case, the physician may issue an “admission certificate” within 24 hours of the examination. The person named in the signed admission certificate must be taken to a facility within 72 hours where another physician conducts a second examination and may issue a second admission certificate.
Anyone who has grounds to believe that a person is suffering from a mental disorder and is likely to cause harm to self or others or to suffer substantial mental or physical deterioration or serious physical impairment may bring information before a provincial judge. If the provincial judge is satisfied that the person is likely to cause harm to self or others or to suffer substantial mental or physi- cal deterioration or serious physical impair- ment, and an examination can be arranged in no other way, the provincial judge may issue a warrant. The warrant enables any peace officer to bring the person to a facility where a physician will examine the person. A warrant is valid for seven days, and it may be extended for another seven days. 3. By Peace Officer’s Powers When a peace officer believes that; i. A person is suffering from mental disorder, ii. The person is likely to cause harm to self or others or to suffer substantial mental or physical deterioration or serious physical impairment, iii. It would be dangerous to try to get a judge’s warrant, the peace officer may apprehend the person and take the person to a facility to be examined by a physician.
The act says that you can be detained at the facil- ity for 24 hours unless two admission certificates are issued in your name before the 24 hour period expires.
Renewal certificates have the following duration: The first set of two renewal certificates are effective for a period of not more than one additional month, The second set of two renewal certificates are effective for a period of not more than one additional month, The third and subsequent sets of two re- newal certificates are effective for a period of not more than six additional months. Renewal certificates must be signed by two separate physicians. One of these physicians must be on the facility’s medical staff, and one must be a psychiatrist. What can I do if I want my admission or renewal certificates to be cancelled? You may obtain an application form from hospi- tal staff and send this application form to the Review Panel Chair, who has been appointed for the facility where you are.
The hearing will be held within 21 days of the date the Chair receives your application. Further details are available in a brochure on the Review Panels under the Mental Health Act.
Legal Aid Alberta provides legal services under certain circumstances. A lawyer acting on your behalf is permitted to visit you at any time. Can I get assistance? If you wish, a social worker or nursing staff may help you complete the application form and will answer your questions. You may also contact the Mental Health Patient Advocate directly. The Mental Health Patient Advocate provides rights information, investigates complaints, and assists persons under formal status and those acting on their behalf upon request.
Website: www.albertahealthadvocates.ca Telephone: Edmonton: 780-422-1812 Throughout Alberta, Toll Free: 310-0000 Then dial 780-422-1812 In writing to: 9th Floor, 106 Street Tower 100 55 108 Street Edmonton AB T5J 2Y2
Email: info@albertahealthadvocates.ca
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