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Manitoba MHA Form 7: Renewal Certificate

Shortly before an involuntary admission certificate or earlier renewal expires, the attending psychiatrist examines the patient and uses this Manitoba Mental Health Act certificate to continue involuntary status if the admission requirements are still met. The form records which renewal this is (first, second and so on), the date it takes effect, the current diagnosis and the facts relied on.

Who completes it

The attending psychiatrist of the involuntary patient completes and signs the whole certificate after personally examining the patient on the dates recorded.

Submitting and payment

How to submit it
The renewal is filed with the medical director, who must promptly check it complies with the Act. The printed copy line sends the original to the medical director and copies to the chart, the administrator of the Mental Health Review Board and the Director of Psychiatric Services.

Good to know

  • Each renewal certificate authorizes continued detention, restraint, observation, examination and treatment for not more than three months from its date, under subsection 21(4) of the Act.
  • The form restates the admission criteria in the present tense: the patient continues to have a mental disorder, still needs treatment only a facility can reasonably provide and cannot be admitted voluntarily.
  • On the filing of the third renewal certificate, and yearly after that while involuntary status continues, the patient is deemed to have applied to the Mental Health Review Board.
  • If the psychiatrist does not renew, they must promptly tell the patient they are now a voluntary patient; a patient whose certificate simply expires is deemed voluntary.

Get the official form

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Form 7 - Renewal Certificate

Formule 7 - Certificat de renouvellement

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Frequently asked questions

How long is a Manitoba Renewal Certificate valid?

Subsection 21(4) makes a renewal certificate authority for not more than three months from the date of the certificate, and each later renewal for a further period of not more than three months. The form records the renewal number and the date the renewal takes effect.

When must Form 7 be completed?

Subsection 21(1) requires the attending psychiatrist to examine the patient shortly before an involuntary admission certificate or renewal certificate expires. If the subsection 17(1) requirements continue to be met, the psychiatrist may renew the patient's involuntary status by completing this certificate.

Is Form 7 available in French?

Yes. It is one bilingual form; the French title is Formule 7, Certificat de renouvellement. CPSM relayed the Chief Provincial Psychiatrist's notice that downloaded copies are for information only, so prescribed printed sets come from the Director of Psychiatric Services.