A psychiatrist uses this form to place a Nova Scotia patient on a community treatment order, so treatment or care and supervision continue outside a psychiatric facility. It combines the order, with all five subsection 47(3) criteria, and the section 48 community treatment plan naming the providers, obligations and a back-up psychiatrist. The order lasts up to 180 days unless renewed or terminated.
The attending psychiatrist completes the order and plan and signs in front of a subscribing witness, who also signs. The psychiatrist confirms the substitute decision-maker's consent has been requested and will be obtained before the order takes effect.
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Form 9 - Community Treatment Order
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Section 51 of the Act says a community treatment order expires 180 days after the day it is made unless it is renewed under section 52 or terminated earlier. The form records the start date and the expiry date, 180 days after signing.
Section 48 requires a plan of treatment, conditions on treatment or care and supervision, the obligations of the person and of any substitute decision-maker, the supervising psychiatrist, all persons or organizations that agreed to provide care and their obligations, and a named replacement psychiatrist.
Yes. Clause 47(3)(b) requires the order to state that the substitute decision-maker has consented. The form has the psychiatrist confirm that consent has been requested and will be obtained before the patient is placed on the order and before its effective date.