Section 15
Who submits form 1 for psychiatric assessment?
Physicians application
Who orders for examination?
Physicians order
Directed to whom?
Police
Who orders for admission to a psychiatric facility?
Judges order (Court order)
Three types of MHA patients
Voluntary, informal or involuntary
When are they deemed an involuntary admission?
following the examination by an Ontario physician
Directed by whom?
Police
Apprehend within how many days?
7 days
True or false: nurse reports in writing to Judge.
False (senior physician reports in writing to Judge)
AWOL: Return patient within how much time before deemed discharged?
1 month
Directed by whom?
any person including police
Apprehend within how many days and returned to whom?
30 days and physician who issued order
Where is the person taken after apprehension?
appropriate place to be examined by physician (not necessarily a psychiatric facility)
What does the Judge have to believe?
the person suffers from a mental disorder
True or False: Under section 33 of the MHA, police officer may remain at the facility and retain custody until the facility takes custody.
False (you shall)
Apprehended within how many days from dated signed?
7 days
When does this section come into play?
Person fails to comply while under a Community Treatment Order
Who submits for psychiatric assessment and what other examination is required?
Justice of the peace order (form 2) and s.15 examination (form 1)
When does this section occur?
where person is before the court, under a charge or conviction
Section in the POA for Use of Force?
s.146(1)
How long of a detention authorized?
72 hours
What is required from the person suffering from mental disorder under this section?
Who commonly initiates?
family member
What is the maximum timeframe?
2 months
Police Apprehension Section 17
1. What are your powers of apprehension?
2. What is required of the situation?
1. reasonable probable grounds
2. too dangerous to wait