Transfer to another facility
26(1)On the advice of the attending psychiatrist that a patient requires care or treatment that cannot be supplied in the psychiatric facility, the administrator may, if otherwise permitted by law, transfer the patient for that purpose to a facility where such care or treatment is available and return the patient to the psychiatric facility upon the conclusion of such care or treatment.
26(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 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.
26(3)An involuntary patient who is transferred to another 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 facility under subsection (1).
1969, c.13, s.26; 1989, c.23, s.5