Acts and Regulations

M-10 - Mental Health Act

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Transfer to a psychiatric facility in another jurisdiction
27(1)If the Executive Director has reason to believe that it would be in the best interests of an involuntary patient in a psychiatric facility in the Province to be hospitalized in a psychiatric facility in another jurisdiction, the Executive Director, with the approval of a review board and on compliance with the laws respecting hospitalization in that jurisdiction, may by order on a form provided by the Minister authorize the patient’s transfer to and detention in that facility.
27(2)The approval of a review board under subsection (1) is not required if the patient consents to the transfer.
27(3)The Executive Director, if seeking the approval of a review board for the purposes of subsection (1), shall file an application on a form provided by the Minister with the chairman of the review board having jurisdiction.
27(4)A review board, on an application under subsection (3), if satisfied that the transfer is in the best interests of the patient, shall give its approval for the transfer.
1969, c.13, s.27; 1976, c.12, s.3; 1989, c.23, s.5; 2014, c.19, s.14; 2017, c.4, s.1
Transfer to a psychiatric facility in another jurisdiction
27(1)If the Executive Director has reason to believe that it would be in the best interests of an involuntary patient in a psychiatric facility in the Province to be hospitalized in a psychiatric facility in another jurisdiction, the Executive Director, with the approval of a review board and on compliance with the laws respecting hospitalization in that jurisdiction, may by order on a form provided by the Minister authorize the patient’s transfer to and detention in that facility.
27(2)The approval of a review board under subsection (1) is not required if the patient consents to the transfer.
27(3)The Executive Director, if seeking the approval of a review board for the purposes of subsection (1), shall file an application on a form provided by the Minister with the chairman of the review board having jurisdiction.
27(4)A review board, on an application under subsection (3), if satisfied that the transfer is in the best interests of the patient, shall give its approval for the transfer.
1969, c.13, s.27; 1976, c.12, s.3; 1989, c.23, s.5; 2014, c.19, s.14
Transfer to a psychiatric facility in another jurisdiction
27(1)If the Executive Director has reason to believe that it would be in the best interests of an involuntary patient in a psychiatric facility in the Province to be hospitalized in a psychiatric facility in another jurisdiction, the Executive Director, with the approval of a review board and on compliance with the laws respecting hospitalization in that jurisdiction, may by order in the prescribed form authorize the patient’s transfer to and detention in that facility.
27(2)The approval of a review board under subsection (1) is not required if the patient consents to the transfer.
27(3)The Executive Director, if seeking the approval of a review board for the purposes of subsection (1), shall file an application in the prescribed form with the chairman of the review board having jurisdiction.
27(4)A review board, on an application under subsection (3), if satisfied that the transfer is in the best interests of the patient, shall give its approval for the transfer.
1969, c.13, s.27; 1976, c.12, s.3; 1989, c.23, s.5