Acts and Regulations

M-10 - Mental Health Act

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Regulations
68(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) designating and classifying psychiatric facilities;
(b) Repealed: 2004, c.16, s.1
(c) prescribing further duties of inspectors appointed under this Act;
(d) exempting any psychiatric facility or class thereof from the application of Part II;
(e) classifying patients, and limiting the classes of patients that may be admitted to any psychiatric facility or class thereof;
(f) respecting the examination and detention of persons and the admission, detention, leave of absence, absence without authorization, transfer, discharge and placement of patients;
(g) providing for the issuance and revocation of certificates of approval to approved homes;
(h) prescribing standards for approved homes;
(i) providing for payments and prescribing the amounts thereof to be made to approved homes for the care and maintenance of discharged patients;
(i.1) prescribing interest rates for the purposes of subsection 35(4);
(i.2) respecting the composition and appointment of tribunals, including the appointment of alternate members of tribunals to act in the place of members who for any reason cannot act;
(i.21) respecting the terms of office of members of tribunals and their reappointment;
(i.22) respecting quorums in relation to tribunals and making the decisions of a majority of the members the decision of the tribunal;
(i.23) respecting the circumstances in which the chairman of a tribunal may act alone, and the duties, authorities and powers of the chairman when so acting;
(i.24) respecting the duties, authorities and powers of tribunals in addition to those described in this Act;
(i.25) prescribing the manner in which applications may be made to a tribunal;
(i.26) governing and regulating hearings and other proceedings of tribunals;
(i.27) prescribing the time within which decisions or orders of tribunals shall be made;
(i.28) respecting the admissibility and evidentiary value of an examination report and of an attending psychiatrist’s certificates filed with the chairman of a tribunal or of a review board on an application under this Act;
(i.29) respecting the conditions under which the attendance of a person who is the subject of an application under section 8 or 12 may be waived by a tribunal;
(i.3) providing for the remuneration and expenses of members of tribunals;
(i.4) respecting the establishment and operation of psychiatric patient advocate offices;
(i.5) respecting the duties, authorities and powers of psychiatric patient advocate services and psychiatric patient advocates in addition to those described in the Act;
(i.6) providing for the remuneration and expenses of psychiatric patient advocate services and psychiatric patient advocates;
(i.61) respecting the composition and appointment of review boards, including the appointment of alternate members of review boards to act in the place of members who for any reason cannot act;
(i.62) respecting the terms of office of members of review boards and their reappointment;
(i.63) respecting quorums in relation to review boards and making the decisions of a majority of the members the decision of the review board;
(i.7) respecting the duties, authorities and powers of review boards in addition to those described in this Act;
(j) prescribing the manner in which applications may be made to a review board;
(k) governing and regulating hearings and other proceedings of review boards;
(l) prescribing the time in which decisions or recommendations of review boards shall be transmitted;
(m) providing for the remuneration and expenses of members of review boards;
(n) conferring auxiliary functions upon review boards;
(o) exempting any psychiatric facility or class thereof from the application of Part III;
(o.1) respecting records to be maintained for persons who receive services from a psychiatric facility, or class of psychiatric facility, including the contents of the records and the preparation, maintenance, storage, removal and destruction of records;
(p) prescribing the form required for the purposes of subsection 9(1);
(q) Repealed: 1989, c.23, s.18
(r) generally, for the control of all other matters in any way relating to psychiatric facilities, or for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Act.
68(2)Repealed: 2004, c.16, s.1
1969, c.13, s.68; 1989, c.23, s.18; 2004, c.8, s.5; 2004, c.16, s.1; 2014, c.19, s.25; 2017, c.4, s.1
Regulations
68(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) designating and classifying psychiatric facilities;
(b) Repealed: 2004, c.16, s.1
(c) prescribing further duties of inspectors appointed under this Act;
(d) exempting any psychiatric facility or class thereof from the application of Part II;
(e) classifying patients, and limiting the classes of patients that may be admitted to any psychiatric facility or class thereof;
(f) respecting the examination and detention of persons and the admission, detention, leave of absence, absence without authorization, transfer, discharge and placement of patients;
(g) providing for the issuance and revocation of certificates of approval to approved homes;
(h) prescribing standards for approved homes;
(i) providing for payments and prescribing the amounts thereof to be made to approved homes for the care and maintenance of discharged patients;
(i.1) prescribing interest rates for the purposes of subsection 35(4);
(i.2) respecting the composition and appointment of tribunals, including the appointment of alternate members of tribunals to act in the place of members who for any reason cannot act;
(i.21) respecting the terms of office of members of tribunals and their reappointment;
(i.22) respecting quorums in relation to tribunals and making the decisions of a majority of the members the decision of the tribunal;
(i.23) respecting the circumstances in which the chairman of a tribunal may act alone, and the duties, authorities and powers of the chairman when so acting;
(i.24) respecting the duties, authorities and powers of tribunals in addition to those described in this Act;
(i.25) prescribing the manner in which applications may be made to a tribunal;
(i.26) governing and regulating hearings and other proceedings of tribunals;
(i.27) prescribing the time within which decisions or orders of tribunals shall be made;
(i.28) respecting the admissibility and evidentiary value of an examination report and of an attending psychiatrist’s certificates filed with the chairman of a tribunal or of a review board on an application under this Act;
(i.29) respecting the conditions under which the attendance of a person who is the subject of an application under section 8 or 12 may be waived by a tribunal;
(i.3) providing for the remuneration and expenses of members of tribunals;
(i.4) respecting the establishment and operation of psychiatric patient advocate offices;
(i.5) respecting the duties, authorities and powers of psychiatric patient advocate services and psychiatric patient advocates in addition to those described in the Act;
(i.6) providing for the remuneration and expenses of psychiatric patient advocate services and psychiatric patient advocates;
(i.7) respecting the duties, authorities and powers of review boards in addition to those described in this Act;
(j) prescribing the manner in which applications may be made to a review board;
(k) governing and regulating hearings and other proceedings of review boards;
(l) prescribing the time in which decisions or recommendations of review boards shall be transmitted;
(m) providing for the remuneration and expenses of members of review boards;
(n) conferring auxiliary functions upon review boards;
(o) exempting any psychiatric facility or class thereof from the application of Part III;
(o.1) respecting records to be maintained for persons who receive services from a psychiatric facility, or class of psychiatric facility, including the contents of the records and the preparation, maintenance, storage, removal and destruction of records;
(p) prescribing the form required for the purposes of subsection 9(1);
(q) Repealed: 1989, c.23, s.18
(r) generally, for the control of all other matters in any way relating to psychiatric facilities, or for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Act.
68(2)Repealed: 2004, c.16, s.1
1969, c.13, s.68; 1989, c.23, s.18; 2004, c.8, s.5; 2004, c.16, s.1; 2014, c.19, s.25
Regulations
68(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) designating and classifying psychiatric facilities;
(b) Repealed: 2004, c.16, s.1
(c) prescribing further duties of inspectors appointed under this Act;
(d) exempting any psychiatric facility or class thereof from the application of Part II;
(e) classifying patients, and limiting the classes of patients that may be admitted to any psychiatric facility or class thereof;
(f) respecting the examination and detention of persons and the admission, detention, leave of absence, absence without authorization, transfer, discharge and placement of patients;
(g) providing for the issuance and revocation of certificates of approval to approved homes;
(h) prescribing standards for approved homes;
(i) providing for payments and prescribing the amounts thereof to be made to approved homes for the care and maintenance of discharged patients;
(i.1) prescribing interest rates for the purposes of subsection 35(4);
(i.2) respecting the composition and appointment of tribunals, including the appointment of alternate members of tribunals to act in the place of members who for any reason cannot act;
(i.21) respecting the terms of office of members of tribunals and their reappointment;
(i.22) respecting quorums in relation to tribunals and making the decisions of a majority of the members the decision of the tribunal;
(i.23) respecting the circumstances in which the chairman of a tribunal may act alone, and the duties, authorities and powers of the chairman when so acting;
(i.24) respecting the duties, authorities and powers of tribunals in addition to those described in this Act;
(i.25) prescribing the manner in which applications may be made to a tribunal;
(i.26) governing and regulating hearings and other proceedings of tribunals;
(i.27) prescribing the time within which decisions or orders of tribunals shall be made;
(i.28) respecting the admissibility and evidentiary value of an examination report and of an attending psychiatrist’s certificates filed with the chairman of a tribunal or of a review board on an application under this Act;
(i.29) respecting the conditions under which the attendance of a person who is the subject of an application under section 8 or 12 may be waived by a tribunal;
(i.3) providing for the remuneration and expenses of members of tribunals;
(i.4) respecting the establishment and operation of psychiatric patient advocate offices;
(i.5) respecting the duties, authorities and powers of psychiatric patient advocate services and psychiatric patient advocates in addition to those described in the Act;
(i.6) providing for the remuneration and expenses of psychiatric patient advocate services and psychiatric patient advocates;
(i.7) respecting the duties, authorities and powers of review boards in addition to those described in this Act;
(j) prescribing the manner in which applications may be made to a review board;
(k) governing and regulating hearings and other proceedings of review boards;
(l) prescribing the time in which decisions or recommendations of review boards shall be transmitted;
(m) providing for the remuneration and expenses of members of review boards;
(n) conferring auxiliary functions upon review boards;
(o) exempting any psychiatric facility or class thereof from the application of Part III;
(o.1) respecting records to be maintained for persons who receive services from a psychiatric facility, or class of psychiatric facility, including the contents of the records and the preparation, maintenance, storage, removal and destruction of records;
(p) prescribing forms and providing for their use;
(q) Repealed: 1989, c.23, s.18
(r) generally, for the control of all other matters in any way relating to psychiatric facilities, or for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Act.
68(2)Repealed: 2004, c.16, s.1
1969, c.13, s.68; 1989, c.23, s.18; 2004, c.8, s.5; 2004, c.16, s.1