Powers of the Board at a Review
The Board's decision whether to continue or discharge the involuntary status
is based on reviewing whether the patient has a mental illness as defined
in the Act and whether the criteria of the Act for involuntary status have
been satisfied and continue to be satisfied. This is the same criteria considered
by a psychiatrist when placing a patient on an involuntary order:
section 4 and
section 26.
The Board is also required when making a determination to have regard primarily to
the psychiatric condition of the patient and is to consider the medical and
psychiatric history and social circumstances of the patient:
section 137.
At a review the Board may decide to:
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