Transfer to another psychiatric facility
25(1)On the advice of the attending psychiatrist, the administrator of a psychiatric facility may, if otherwise permitted by law and subject to arrangements being made with the administrator of another psychiatric facility, transfer a patient to that other psychiatric facility upon completing a memorandum of transfer on a form provided by the Minister.
25(2)Subject to subsections 13(8), 13(9) and 13(10), if an involuntary patient is transferred under subsection (1), the following orders, authorities and responsibilities remain in full force and effect in the psychiatric facility to which the patient is transferred:
(a)
an order made by a tribunal under section 8.1;
(b)
all authorities and responsibilities resulting from an order made by a tribunal under section 8.1;
(c)
an order made by a tribunal under section 8.11 or by a review board under section 30.1 or 30.2 in relation to routine clinical medical treatment; and
(d)
all authorities resulting from an order made by a tribunal under section 8.11 or by a review board under section 30.1 or 30.2 in relation to routine clinical medical treatment.
25(3)An involuntary patient who is transferred to another psychiatric facility under subsection (1) continues, subject to subsections 13(8) and 13(9), to be an involuntary patient for the purposes of this Act and the provisions of this Act in relation to involuntary patients continue to apply to an involuntary patient who is transferred to another psychiatric facility under subsection (1).
1969, c.13, s.25; 1989, c.23, s.5; 2014, c.19, s.13