Privacy - Everyone has the right to privacy and confidentiality of personal healthcare information.
Access to Healthcare Free of Discrimination - Everyone has the right to healthcare and treatment free of discrimination.
Access to Health Records - Everyone has the right to access their personal healthcare information.
Diagnosis - Everyone has the right to comprehensive and timely diagnosis and treatment.
Active Offer of Services - Patient-centered healthcare should be based on an Active Offer of services based on the rights and principles outlined in this Bill.
A Bill for All - Everyone is guaranteed the rights outlined in this Bill, to be informed of these rights and to exercise them.
Visatation
Voluntary admission usually means that you agree to being treated at an in-patient facility. A child is considered a voluntary patient once their guardian or parent agrees to their admission. Involuntary admission is when a person is admitted for in-patient treatment against their will.
Involuntary commitment or civil commitment is a legal process through which an individual who is deemed by a qualified agent to have symptoms of severe mental disorder is court-ordered into treatment in a psychiatric hospital or in the community.
Involuntary stay time
The detention may be for no more than 72 hours. In that time, a different physician must assess the condition of the patient. Any patient detained involuntarily is entitled to a hearing before the province’s Consent and Capacity Board. The patient has a right to retain counsel.
