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Repealed: 2004, c.16, s.1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